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__label__cc | 0.537623 | 0.462377 | DONG Energy Declares Option for Second Wind Farm Service Vessel
Image: Østensjø Rederi
DONG Energy has declared option for a second wind turbine Service Operation Vessel with Norwegian-based shipping company Østensjø Rederi requiring the construction of a newbuild vessel.
The newbuild will be sister vessel to the SOV awarded by Dong Energy last year and will function as a mother ship for wind turbine technicians servicing the Hornsea Project One wind farm located approximately 75 miles off England’s Yorkshire coast.
The 81.1-meter-long vessel will be a DP2 Service Operation Vessel with high station keeping capabilities, with 60 single cabins and accommodation for up to 40 wind turbine technicians and a crew of 20. The vessel will featured a motion compensated gangway system with an adjustable pedestal for safe operations and uptime. The vessel is also expected to be equipped with a helideck deck.
Delivery is anticipated for Q3 2018 from the shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan in Spain.
The Service Operation Vessels are designed by Rolls Royce in close cooperation with Østensjø Rederi. This will be the thirteenth vessel Østensjø Rederi builds at Astilleros Gondan, including three tugs and the one SOV already under construction.
“The new award is a further recognition of Østensjø efforts to expand our business into the renewable energy sector, following the strategy to diversify our operations. We are therefore very pleased that DONG Energy again has awarded us an exciting and important opportunity, says Kenneth Walland, CEO of Østensjø Rederi AS.
The contract with DONG Energy spans a firm period of five years with option for five more years.
The first SOV is scheduled for delivery in September 2017 and will service the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm located in the North Sea about about 17 miles from the North Norfolk coast.
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__label__wiki | 0.820369 | 0.820369 | Dragon Age reveal expected at The Game Awards
Kyle | December 8, 2020
Categories: News, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Aside from honoring the developers behind our favorite games, The Game Awards is also well-known for showing off upcoming games. This year’s show appears to be no different with a new Dragon Age expected.
The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley teased the reveal, promising fans that they’ll get a “special look” at the next Dragon Age. And apparently Bioware is the developer of this latest game in the franchise.
RELATED STORY: The Game Awards 2020 categories and nominees revealed
The last major game in the Dragon Age franchise was Dragon Age: Inquisition. It was released back in 2014 on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The series has had a few spinoffs on mobile devices and Facebook since then but no major releases.
It’s good to see that this franchise hasn’t been forgotten. While we don’t know the platforms yet – although I would fully expect PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X – hopefully Bioware really makes it shine.
What would you like to see in a new Dragon Age game? Let us know in the comments!
Tags: Bioware, Dragon Age franchise, Electronic Arts, Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards, The Game Awards 2020
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__label__cc | 0.673783 | 0.326217 | Tag: 3.2 Carrera
1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa
By Rob March 17, 2014 March 16, 2014 Porsche
We’ve seen the ways in which a rare exterior color can influence the market for a classic 911 and though we don’t across this as often we do see similar circumstances with a rare interior color. In many ways, that makes sense because as the owner it is the interior that is most apparent and provides us as drivers with our interface with the car. An interesting interior serves to inspire the feelings created within us on any drive, but a boring interior can make even some exciting cars feel more pedestrian. This all brings us to the car featured here: a Guards Red 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa with just over 34K miles on the clock and a really nice Linen leather interior.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa on eBay
Tagged 1988, 3.2 Carrera, 911, Porsche, targa
By Rob March 8, 2014 March 8, 2014 Porsche
As those of us in the Midwest and the East Coast slowly begin to extract ourselves from this abysmal winter, a car with an open top becomes mighty appealing. But since Spring is sometimes not warm enough for full open-top cruising then something like a Targa might be more appropriate. As Porsche recently has returned the Targa to its original form I do wonder what effect that might have on the market for earlier targa cars. This Velvet Red Metallic 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa takes us back to that original Targa design and features a 3.2 liter flat-six mated to the G50 5-speed transmission.
1989 Porsche 911 25th Anniversary Edition
By Rob February 11, 2014 February 11, 2014 Porsche
Porsche has always enjoyed providing its customers with special edition models that celebrate some aspect of the marque’s heritage. Such is the case with this 1989 Porsche 911 25th Anniversary Edition (also called the Silver Anniversary Edition) in Silver Metallic. The 25th anniversary of the 911 fell just prior to Porsche’s extensive redesign of the model that would mark the end of the classic 911 body. What better time to release a limited edition anniversary model? These cars were mechanically similar to a standard 3.2 Carrera, featuring a 3.2 liter flat-six engine producing 215 hp mated to the G50 5-speed transmission. The 25th Anniversary Edition featured a host of leather interior upgrades as well as body-colored Fuchs wheels and front and rear spoilers. Though the upgrades are simply cosmetic the 25th Anniversary models have been valued slightly higher by most collectors and with time should continue to see rising values.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1989 Porsche 911 25th Anniversary Edition on eBay
Tagged 1989, 25th Anniversary, 3.2 Carrera, 911, Porsche, Silver Anniversary
By Rob February 9, 2014 February 9, 2014 Porsche
The price of nostalgia. The question comes up fairly frequently: why pay so much for an older car when newer cars offer much better performance and, in some cases, cost less money? It’s a fair question, especially for a marque who takes so much pride in its racing pedigree. If we set aside collector cars, bought principally as an investment, and focus on cars intended to be driven frequently the answer to such a question becomes rather murky. For many buyers it simply comes down to nostalgia; these were cars of their youth or perhaps a buyer even owned one previously and wants to relive that experience. Those feelings are then compounded by the yearning for a car from before the period when electronics took over, safety regulations went overboard and cars simply got bigger. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that these are decisions made with the heart rather than the mind, and that does have a price. This all brings us to the car featured here: a Guards Red 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera with Tan interior. While the 3.2 Carrera remains relatively inexpensive for a 911, prices continue to rise and we’re even approaching the point where a high mileage example such as the one featured here can no longer be had for less than $20K. Such is the price of nostalgia.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera on eBay
Tagged 1987, 3.2 Carrera, 911, air cooled, Porsche
1986 Porsche 911 Carrera – REVISIT
By Rob January 21, 2014 February 9, 2014 Porsche, Revisit
The 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera we featured last month is back up for sale at the same Buy It Now price. It seems the seller is determined to get his price. Could a 911 of this vintage with this kind of mileage pull over $20,000, given where air-cooled 911 values are headed?
Tagged 1986, 3.2 Carrera, 911, Porsche
Double Take: Porsche 911SC or 3.2 Carrera?
By Rob January 15, 2014 January 23, 2014 Double Take, Porsche
For any prospective buyer of a classic 911 there inevitably comes a decision to be made about whether to get a 911SC or a 3.2 Carrera. These cars share enough similarities that in some cases a buyer may decide based simply upon availability. These are, after all, 30-year-old cars so the numbers of excellent examples are dwindling. But what if a good example of each is available, nearly identical in appearance and for similar cost? Now the decision-making process becomes a bit more difficult and it’s precisely the dilemma we feature here: a 1979 Porsche 911SC with 29,900 miles and a 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe with 57,750 miles. We’ll begin with the 911SC:
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1979 Porsche 911SC on eBay
Tagged 1979, 1988, 3.2 Carrera, 911, 911SC, air cooled, Double Take, Porsche
By Rob January 10, 2014 January 10, 2014 Porsche
We feature various editions of the 3.2 Carrera here at GCFSB, but rarely do the cars we come across have low mileage. Even the car featured here, a 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa has almost 45K miles, but for these cars that represents a decently low mileage car. The fact is that most of these cars have already eclipsed six-figure mileage because they have been driven. And why wouldn’t they be? The 3.2 Carrera is a fantastic driver’s car and for the most part prices remain within reach of a large number of buyers (at least relative to the rest of the 911 line) and so they are less likely to be locked away in a comfortable garage. The Targa tends to fit the bill even more as they are less loved than both their hard- and soft-top counterparts. The car here comes in the ever popular combination of Guards Red over Black.
1989 Porsche 911 Speedster
By Rob December 15, 2013 December 12, 2013 Porsche
Throughout our pages we have consistently trumpeted the virtues of the 911SC and 3.2 Carrera as relative values for any buyer looking to get into a classic 911. These cars take us back to when driving was analog rather than digital and combine graceful aesthetics with enough performance to provide for miles and miles of driving enjoyment. As with most things in life, there are exceptions when it comes to finding value for our performance dollars. Here we have a 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster, but unlike the 3.2 Carrera off which it is based, the Speedster is not the car for those searching for value. Speedster is such an iconic name within the Porsche stable that these cars are almost always bought up and immediately packed away upon release rarely to be seen on the road. Produced in the final year of classic 911 production the Speedster served as an elegant send-off prior to the release of the 964. It was a car built for Porsche purists who favored style over performance. The car here, located in Oregon, has seen a scant 5,948 miles in its pampered life and comes dressed in the always beautiful Guards Red exterior over a Cashmere and Black interior.
Model: 911 Speedster
Engine: 3.2 liter flat-6
Mileage: 5,948 mi
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster on eBay
Motogroup, LLC is very pleased to present this GORGEOUS Collectible 89 Speedster…Truly a Stunning Porsche, of the highest possible quality, without a doubt the finest available in the US…
214 hp, 3,165 cc SOHC flat six-cylinder engine, Bosch digital motor fuel injection, five-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with McPherson struts, lower A-arms, coil springs and sway bar, independent rear suspension with semi-trailing arms, coil springs and sway bar, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 89.4″
• Only 5,948 original miles
• One of only 824 produced for U.S.
• Porsche Certificate of Authenticity
The original 1954-59 Porsche 356 Speedster was originally demanded by U.S. importer Max Hoffman. With its cut-down windshield and emergency-only top, it was to be an inexpensive sports cars for the youth market. Its raffish good looks and minimalist equipment clicked with customers, and original examples remain much prized and sought after in the collector car market.
The concept floated around as a fond memory for 30 years, finally re-emerging in 1989, when the new 964 model was delayed. Styling chief Tony Lapine transported a number of the old 356 styling cues to a limited production model, which sold for a hefty premium. Lapine raked and cut down the windshield, dispensed with the back seat and capped the space with twin “camel humps.”
In all, 2,065 Speedsters were built in 1989, with only 824 coming to the U.S., most with the “turbo-look” wide body. They were pounced on by investors, with some buyers paying as much as $100,000 to buy a new one. As a result, many have few miles on them, 24 years later. This car is one of those examples, with a mere 5,950 recorded miles. As might be expected, it is in effectively new condition, with a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, finished in Guards Red with a tan leather interior and black top. It is fitted with air conditioning, power seats that also raise and lower and a Blaupunkt Charleston stereo. This car represents an excellent opportunity for a Porsche collector in search of rare, landmark models. Pre-Sale viewing by appointment only to qualified principals.
The question any buyer of a car such as this must consider is how high the market for these will really go. $160K is a lot of money for a car that underneath it’s beautiful skin remains a standard 3.2 Carrera. The Porsche market has generally been much kinder to higher powered variants than to the cosmetic rarities and while the Speedster will certainly, and already has, remain somewhat insulated from those problems, there will inevitably reach a point where the market plateaus. I don’t think $160K is where that plateau will reside, so this isn’t necessarily overpriced, but I do wonder just how valuable these will become. Financial matters aside, the Speedster is a beautiful icon of Porsche engineering and will always have a place in the marque’s lore. It is a pity, though, that these cars are almost never driven.
Tagged 1989, 3.2 Carrera, 911, air cooled, Porsche, speedster
By Rob December 6, 2013 December 6, 2013 Porsche
The perils of searching for and writing about interesting cars for sale is that you inevitably start thinking. And it doesn’t matter what your present situation and car needs might be, you still start thinking about getting another car. It’s almost as if writing becomes an ascetic act with cars as the tempters we strive to overcome. But I digress…here we have another of my favorite reasonably-priced, ready-to-be-driven, 911s outfitted precisely how I’d want it: a 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera in Black, located on Long Island. This isn’t a low mileage example, but still appears excellent all around and simply awaits a new owner to whom it may bring driving pleasure.
Model: 911 Carrera
Price: Reserve Auction (reserve met)
“The 3.2-liter 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera debuted hot on the heels of a very successful run of 911SC models, built from 1978 to 1983. The Carrera—priced at $32,000—shared most of its visual cues with its immediate predecessor, but benefitted from added power and performance, as well as other evolutionary updates.
The cars came as they had when the SC bowed out—in coupe, open Cabriolet, and the in-between Targa body styles. The chief upgrade in the Carrera was the larger 3.2-liter flat six engine, which looked much like that of the 3.0 it replaced but was built chiefly of all-new parts. One crucial change was an improved timing chain tensioner, which had been an issue on previous models. Also new was Bosch Motronic fuel injection, which replaced the K-Jetronic system of yore. The engine produced 200 horsepower and came mated to a Getrag five-speed manual transmission. This was enough to propel the Carrera from 0 to 60 mph in about 5.5 seconds.
Standard goodies included leather upholstery, air conditioning, power windows, a sunroof, and 15-inch alloys, while cruise control, 16-inch wheels, and an AM/FM/cassette stereo were popular options. For those who wanted to appear faster than they actually were, a Turbo Look appearance package was available on coupes, which provided the large whale tail and wider rear wheelwells, but not the actual turbocharger.”
The New York Times has described the 1980’s 911 as one of the top five collectible cars for 2013. These vehicles are still affordable. Check out the Haggerty Insurance web site: hagerty.com/valuationtools/HVT/VehicleSearch/Report?vc=883090. The vehicle for sale is tuely a unique automobile. It is for the true collector who seeks out one owner and meticulously maintained automobiles. Purchased new in December of 1983 from Walter Donaldson Porsche-Audi located in Hicksville New York. It remained in the possesion of the owner untill his recent death. Recently purchased from the estate I have neither registered it nor re-titled it thus it retains its one owner history. The vehicle just went through a complete inspection from a Porsche Mechanic who commneted that this vehicle is one of the best maintained older 911’s he has ever worked on and was surprised to see the mileage on the car was over 160,000. In thirty years as a collector of classic and antique autos I am not sure I have ever come across a vehicle that has been maintained and documented as well as this one has. The original owner retained a documented history of practically every repair ever done on the vehicle as can be seen in some of the pictures below.
This 911 starts and drives effortlessly. All mechanical aspects of the car work as they should. A/c blows cold, radio, wipers, lights, etc etc work as intended. Appearance wise this car shows up extremely well. The paint is in excellent condition with no visual chipping or rust. The car has been garaged during its entiere life and with that comes some small door dings that are only noticeable in the correct lighting. Undercarriage of the car appears to be in very good condition. Engine compartment is in very good condition as well as the trunk. Interior is in good shape with some wear on the drivers seat but no tears. Door panels are in good shape but may need some sprucing up. Dash is in excellent shape. Sun roof is in excellent shape and works perfectly. Radio is a Blankpunt and works as intened along with the automatic antenna. The only after market addition appears to be a radar detector. I am not sure if it works but can obviously be removed without any effort.
I have set a realistic reserve on this vehicle. Please do not bid unless you intend to purchase. The vehicle is available for inspection(located on Long Island, New York) for those who want to see the vehicle before bidding.
For a 30-year-old car with more than 160,000 miles this Carrera appears to be in remarkable shape. The seats show minimal wear, the dash looks excellent, and the paint still looks to have retained a good deal of its luster. The engine bay seems especially clean for a car of this mileage. Given that the seller claims to have a documented service history on hand, these qualities all combine for an excellent car that while garaged its whole life has still been given a proper amount of driving. As with any car of this mileage you’ll want to have a thorough PPI, but at the very least I think we’re looking at one of the better examples of a 3.2 Carrera that has not spent its life as a low-mileage collector. Bidding is currently at $17,500 and the reserve has been met. It wouldn’t surprise me to see this come up just a bit more and likely finish right around $20K. Overall, another excellent example of a classic Black 911!
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Sonya Fu
Meet artist and graphic designer from Hong Kong, Sonya Fu.
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I’m an artist and graphic designer based in Hong Kong. I was also born and raised in this magical city. I mainly work with digital media and I create my work on the computer using a drawing tablet. I’m greatly inspired by my dreams and spiritual metaphysics.
Describe the city you’re living in and what it’s like to live there.
Hong Kong is a very busy and densely populated city where east meets west. If I have to describe Hong Kong in a fun and accurate way, I would call it a “Blade Runner” and “Ghost in the Shell” kinda city. You will find many cyberpunk elements throughout our city – historical buildings and temples among futuristic-looking skyscrapers, neon signs and sleepless wanderers!
Living in Hong Kong is both difficult and easy. The difficult part is our ridiculous high rent and the fast-paced stressful lifestyle, also the lack of personal space. The easy part is you can pretty much get anything just around the corner, fast and relatively affordable internet services, shops and restaurants that open till late or 24/7, this place just doesn’t sleep!
If I have to describe Hong Kong in a fun and accurate way, I would call it a “Blade Runner” and “Ghost in the Shell” kinda city.
What is the best and worst thing about living in your city?
The best thing about living in Hong Kong is its multicultural background which makes it not boring and everything is pretty fast and convenient. The worst thing has got to be the ridiculous rent that makes everyone’s life really stressful, you can even sense unhappiness in the atmosphere.
Give us 3 words that describe what it’s like to be a creative in your city.
Shrug, Frustrated, Surreal
How did you start your career in art?
I worked as a graphic designer until 2010 then I started to pay more serious attention to my art. I used to post my work in an online community and got invited to my first group art exhibition. I had many doubts about it at first, since being an artist in Hong Kong is mostly considered unrealistic. I’m thankful that my first exhibition turned out kind of successful, it had given me the confidence I needed.
I used to post my work in an online community and got invited to my first group art exhibition.
Were the people around you supportive of your decision on working as a creative?
Yes and thank goodness! My family, relatives, and friends are all very supportive and open-minded about my choice of career. It’s lucky that I’m surrounded by loving and supportive people knowing that there are still many misconceptions about the whole artist thing here, you know not everyone is as open-minded.
What are some goals and ambitions you have for your future work?
I would like to show my work in countries that I have never shown in previously. I would also like to collaborate with brands on fun projects.
If you could collaborate with any person in the world who would it be?
Bjork, I guess I don’t need to explain why here!
How would you describe the women around you?
They are strong women, especially my grandmother and my mom. My grandmother lost my grandfather when she was still young and she raised all 7 children single-handedly with the assistance of my mother for being the eldest among her siblings. I didn’t grow up in a rich family, my father was a hard-working and reliable man but life wasn’t easy back then, my mom also had to work to support our living when my brother and I were little. Meanwhile, she took good care of us and our home, yet she has never complained nor neglected housework. She is a competent housewife and a loving mother.
Were there any local female creatives that you looked up to when you were growing up?
I wish I knew better! I grew up in an era where the internet didn’t exist, plus I didn’t have the opportunity to be exposed to the creative world until I was old enough to work. I went to local schools which they didn’t really care about art education, art was considered unimportant and art class was sometimes substituted with other “more practical” classes. To be honest, I had never thought that I would become an artist one day!
Are there any challenging aspects of being a female in your industry?
So far, not much, maybe I’m lucky! It’s not gender-related, I have encountered challenges due to my chosen medium though, as digital art is still not a widely accepted art form here.
Believe in your work and yourself.
Do you have any advice to young women who are aspiring to work in your field?
Oh yea, really, believe in your work and yourself. Though it also doesn’t hurt to listen to constructive criticism, it somehow enriches you. Most importantly, be humble and thankful!
Photos courtesy of Sonya Fu.
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__label__wiki | 0.568538 | 0.568538 | Six Flags plans world’s biggest roller coaster in Dubai
The Six Flags theme park is coming up within Dubai Parks and Resorts
The upcoming Six Flags theme park in Dubai could house the world’s biggest roller coaster, according to reports.
The theme park, coming up within the Dubai Parks and Resorts complex, is scheduled to open in 2019.
Construction of the Dhs2.6bn park – in partnership with US operator Six Flags – has already started.
Six Flags “has pledged to build the world’s biggest roller-coaster ride in Dubai”, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
“There will be rides that are bigger, better, faster, broader than any rides in the world,” the report quoted John Odum, senior vice president of international park operations at Six Flags, as saying.
Dubai Parks had said in the past that the the attraction would feature at least three ‘world record breaking’ rides. It will feature six roller coasters, four aerial attractions, a 340-metre rive rapids ride and three performance spaces.
In total it will include 27 rides and attractions across six themed zones: Thrillseeker Plaza, Magic Mountain, Fiesta Texas, Great Escape, Great Adventure, and Great America.
The park will be the fourth at the Dubai Parks and Resorts complex, which also includes Hollywood themed motiongate, Bollywood Park Dubai and Legoland Dubai. They are all scheduled to open in October.
Read more: Dubai Parks confirms October opening but some rides will be missing
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Dubai Parks and Resorts raises Dhs 1.68bn for Six Flags park
Although the Six Flags park in Dubai will be the first from the US operator in the Gulf, it is unlikely to be the only one. Earlier this year, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who owns Dubai Parks’ parent company Meraas, gave Six Flags permission to break a regional exclusivity deal in Saudi Arabia.
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__label__wiki | 0.94396 | 0.94396 | Timeline: gulfnews.com evolution
Here is a look back at how gulfnews.com evolved over the past 15 years
Published: August 31, 2011 19:34 By Patrick Masahud, Systems Editor
Over the past 15 years, gulfnews.com has gone through constant transformation
and identity changes. The Gulf News online edition was one of the first
newspapers in the Middle East to go online. It started as a basic text-driven and
staff-only content website, with a single home page picture, covering Emirates,
Gulf, World, Business, Sports and Opinion sections of the newspaper. Here is a
look back at how it evolved:
July 29, 1996: It all started one fine afternoon in July, when my boss, then Administrative Editor Nicholas Coates told me to attend a seminar to receive training on how to access internet. Although I had already read about it few months before, I only came to witness the actual internet pages a week before our training, when our engineers installed two personal computers exclusively for accessing web in the newsroom.
September 1, 1996: A historic day for Gulf News as it became one of the first newspapers in the Middle East to go online. www.gulfnews.com launched just two months after Hotmail (www.hotmail.com) started providing free emails to everyone; barely a year after etisalat began hosting internet service in the UAE, three years from the release of Hyper Text Markup Language (html) and five years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the web software. A new era of journalism began at Gulf News. The new website was very basic to start with, but even then it was considered advanced given the technology available.
September 1, 1997: A redesigned gulfnews.com was launched. The site now had more pictures and an expanded navigation menu allowing promotion of stories from different sections. The coverage was more extensive, noticeably with the introduction of a ‘Previous Editions’ search facility. The site also included shipping log, forex, gold and silver prices in the Gulf, weather and UAE Diary that included prayer times, UAE late night pharmacies and cinema guides.
May 1999: The website adopted a new design for the online edition to keep up with the fast growing internet technologies. This time it was done in-house. The site employed a dropdown menu design, using Java Script and colourful navigation buttons. Additional contents such as a photo feature section from the thenpublished U magazine, astrology columns, recipes, view points columns and letters. This was the first time that the phrase Gulf News Online was used. However, due to limited access to Java Script, gulfnews.com went back to basics in July 1999, removing the menus.
October 2000: A major redesigned and comprehensive site was launched. This featured a search facility for the first time, giving online readers a chance to look for previous stories. The ASP pages were also dynamic and interactive.
March 2004: The site underwent another design change to resemble the colour scheme and to closely mirror the print edition.
June 2004: A stronger web section headed by an Online Manager was created to further develop online publication of Al Nisr Group products. This marked the evolution of gulfnews.com into a fullfledged news website. Since then coverage has expanded to include updates throughout the day, breaking news, live updates on major events in the UAE and around the world, multimedia products such as interactive infographics, audio and video, interaction with community by allowing readers comments article and publication of reader’s pictures.
2008: gulfnews.com added another dimension to its already expansive coverage with the launch of GNTV, a dedicated video news team covering life in the UAE and beyond.
October 2009: The site underwent its most significant transformation yet, moving from a basic website into an online news portal, with a clean new design and more in-depth multimedia coverage. Since then, we have broadened our reach, bringing you up to the minute news and features using social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, mobile phone applications, newsletters, blogs and more.
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__label__cc | 0.729175 | 0.270825 | Charleston, WV: Syrian Doctor Pleads Guilty in Illegal Distribution of Pain Meds Investigation
08/28/2019 09/21/2019 ~ Ann Corcoran
“A drug dealer in a lab coat is still just a drug dealer!”
(United States Attorney Mike Stuart)
Ho hum! you might be saying, another foreign doctor destroying Americans with drugs! What else is new?
But this case, reported by the US Justice Department on Saturday, caught my attention immediately.
The first thing I did was try to find out if the drug dealer is Syrian and after a little searching I found a reference to his Syrian passport.
Why was that so interesting you ask?
Well, it’s because it was the Syrian ‘community’ in Charleston that was pushing for West Virginia (specifically Charleston) to become a Syrian refugee resettlement site back toward the end of the Obama Administration. I even heard a rumor that Syrian doctors were making generous contributions to local Congressmen (maybe other pols too!) to gain their support for refugee resettlement.
First here is the rather unusual press release from the US Justice Department this week:
Charleston Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Methadone
Muhammed Samer Nasher-Alneam
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston doctor who practiced at Neurology & Pain Center, PLLC pled guilty to illegal distribution of controlled substances that were not for legitimate medical purposes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Muhammed Samer Nasher-Alneam admitted to writing prescriptions in July 2014 for oxycodone and methadone pills that were not within the bounds of professional medical practice or for legitimate medical purposes. Pursuant to his guilty plea, Nasher agreed to permanently surrender both his medical license and DEA registration. He further agreed to never seek reinstatement of a license to practice as a medical doctor in any other state.
Now check out the next paragraph. Normally these press releases are written in a boring style. It is rare to see such enthusiasm! Cut the head of the snake!
“Nasher is now an admitted felon and faces up to ten years – TEN YEARS- in a federal prison. A drug dealer in a lab coat is still just a drug dealer,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “Nasher will never practice medicine again. Ever. Nasher will never write another prescription. Ever. And Nasher will never treat another patient. Ever. We’re cracking down hard across the board – medical professionals, doctors, pharmacists, street dealers and traffickers – in a multi-pronged aggressive approach intended to cut the head off the snake. Medical professionals should take note that if they abuse the prescribing privileges of their profession, and I stress that they are a privilege, my office will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law and I will seek the maximum sentence in every case.”
Nasher was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending his December 2, 2019 sentencing. Nasher has remained in custody since his arrest on July 27, 2018 – 393 days – as a result of the United States moving to detain him. He faces at least 5 and up to 10 years in prison, as well as a $1 million fine at sentencing. As part of his plea agreement, Nasher agreed to forfeit $149,480.75 in United States Currency and an Acura RDX Sport Utility Vehicle.
Now here is a news story from WSAZ Charleston from nearly a year ago which tells us a bit more about Nasher and his Syrian roots:
UPDATE: Doctor facing 22 charges in new indictment
The order of detention states that Nasher-Alneam’s mom and five brothers live in Turkey — a place the suspect has visited. It also states Nasher-Alneam has traveled outside of the United States (to United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Malaysia) several times for various reasons.
Court documents say Nasher-Alneam delivered his U.S. passport to his attorney, “but there are some questions concerning the location and validity of his Syrian Passport that was not revealed to the probation officer during his initial interview.In addition, the defendant was not forthright and truthful to the probation officer concerning his ownership of various properties and financial assets.”
I’m guessing a legitimate fear of him skipping the country is why he has been in custody for nearly a year.
And, I’ll bet there is a lot more to this story than we are being told!
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3 thoughts on “Charleston, WV: Syrian Doctor Pleads Guilty in Illegal Distribution of Pain Meds Investigation”
xenojoe says:
But will he actually serve time? Or will he be deported? If deported, he’ll be back in business in no time flat. If imprisoned, we taxpayers get to take care of him for the duration of his sentence.
Ann Corcoran says:
If deported, he probably has already stashed his ill-gotten gains somewhere in the Middle East and it will be waiting for him!
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If there is a business that Trump knows, it is media. No one person in the past several decades has played it better or had a bigger impact on its outlook, credibility, and direction — from his phone-ins to Fox & Friends to CNN changing its strategy, to MSNBC’s “Russia, Russia, Russia” coverage to sports personalities like Jemele Hill changing their careers. Finally, he exposed the media to biases that many suspected but couldn’t prove.
With Joe Biden closing in on 270 electoral votes, reports have surfaced that President Donald Trump is mulling the idea of launching a news network to compete with Fox News.
According to ABC, Trump is furious at Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, and there is a belief a Trump-led network could steal away Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson:
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Posted by Brock Townsend at Monday, November 09, 2020 14 comments:
Via Alexander
There has been a revolution against red state America, not an election.
There are many credible reports of organized vote fraud committed by Democrats. The only question is whether the Republican establishment will support challenging the documented fraud or whether Trump will be pressured to concede in order to protect the undeserved reputation of American Democracy.
For those influenced by a partisan media that is denying the massive fraud that occurred, here is an overview of the elements of the fraud and the legal remedies.
https://www.unz.com/article/of-color-revolutions-foreign-and-domestic-the-first-72-hours/
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A Republic — If You Can Keep It: Doing so will require that conservatives become as involved as devoted leftists.
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According to American lore, a woman asked Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, who had just adjourned from the Constitutional Convention, what sort of government the august body had just created. His answer was blunt, accurate, and cautionary: “A republic, Madam, if you can keep it.” Whether accurately portrayed or not, the truth of this vignette survived Franklin’s life and will continue to remain true: A democratic republic cannot exist without an informed, politically active people. Otherwise, its people are subject to “intrigue,” to borrow a word from Franklin’s era.
The Dems’ Playbook
As if to foot-stomp Franklin’s warning, the scenario playing out in the 2020 election is gridlock in Washington — assuming Republicans do end up winning the Senate and Joe Biden does hold on to his declared victory in the presidential contest over President Donald Trump. That victory was initiated in part by the Democrats’ standard playbook of voter fraud and deception. This “intrigue” is now poised to undermine the very legitimacy of our government, with unpredictable, dramatic consequences.
Of course, Democrats are experts at intrigue. Their figurehead leader, Joe Biden, counseled calm and used the book of Ecclesiastes to declare, “This is the time to heal in America.”
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Is Separation the Answer? (Half the country hates the other half and something needs to change)
As of Friday, November 6, the votes are still being counted in at least six states. The large pro-Trump margins that seemed to prevail late election night have now disappeared as mail in votes, many of doubtful legality have begun to trickle in. Large Democratically-controlled cities like Philadelphia, Detroit, and Atlanta have miraculously produced tranches of almost completely Biden votes—legal Republican poll watchers have been excluded from observing the vote count—mail-in votes with unverified signatures of doubtful provenance have been counted. In short the safeguards that would guarantee a fair election have been egregiously ignored and violated.
Philadelphia, heavily Democratic and where armed Black militia groups have been known to exert what they call “vigilance” over polling places, once again seems like “ground zero” in this year’s election. Whereas almost all counties in Pennsylvania were strongly supportive of the president, the local machine in urban Philadelphia was once again grinding out huge—and unbelievable—majorities for Joe Biden, almost like clockwork.
America In Limbo Due to 2020 Election
Our POTUS will not go down without a fight. He WILL NOT concede. This election was stolen from We The People. We will prevail but we need your help! Or we lose our democracy. Our Great Republic
America – United We Stand – Divided We Fall. I’m sure you have all heard that statement a few times in your lifetime.
Ask yourself- who benefits from a weak and fallen America?
We are at war folks. Plain and simple.
Civil War? – Yes
World War? – Yes
Bio-War? – Yes
Cyber-War? – Yes Most definitely
Silent-War? – not anymore!
However…this 2020 election is FAR from over. The Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet, and I doubt she ever will relating to our 2020 POTUS Trump.
That there are two Americas has never seemed more obvious. Each group has constructed its own view or perception of reality — of good & evil, right and wrong, political beliefs, faith & spirituality, of this election infection plandemic and so much more.
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Fox News, RIP: The Era of TV News is Over
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Make no mistake about it: Fox News is the network of Paul Ryan. For over a year now Ryan has been gloating that he was going to use his position on Fox's board to 'do something' about Trump. This wasn't a secret to anyone who has been paying attention to Fox over the course of the past year. Day by day Fox News slowly became CNN lite and the lone network of dissent in a sea of leftist propaganda succumbed to the will of our corporate oligarchy.
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Read it: 39 GOP House Members Send Letter to Barr: Investigate Voter Fraud
On Saturday, 39 House Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of potential voter fraud.
The letter asserted, “With widespread reports of irregularities, particularly in the vote counting process, it is time for you to use the resources of the Department to ensure that the process is conducted in a manner that is fully consistent with state and federal law. The letter added, “The U.S. Marshals Service is also available to ensure that judicial orders are carried out. When it comes to a federal election, it should not matter whether those judicial orders come from a state or federal court.”
The full text of the letter reads:
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Sekulow: Campaign Should Be ‘Demanding a Manual Recount’ in Places with Software that Glitched in MI
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said that the Trump campaign’s lawyers should demand a manual recount of any other areas that used the same software as Antrim County, MI, a county that had errors with reported election results.
Sekulow said, “If 30 states have used a software that there’s already proved to be a glitch of 6,000 votes in one balloting area, and now you’ve got over 30 states using it, lawyers should be — for the campaign, in every one of those jurisdictions, demanding the fix and demanding a manual recount.”
A Trucker Strike In November Could Be Another Nail In The Supply Chain Coffin
Rumor has it that a large number of independent truckers are planning multiple strikes in November during which they’ll stop transporting... well, everything. Considering that our supply chain is already in precariously bad shape, imagine the impact if transport also came to a halt.
Here’s how it’s being organized.
There’s a group on Facebook (for now – we all know how it goes on Facebook) called Stop the Tires Truckers that is organizing the strike. As of the writing of this article, more than 15,000 people had joined the newly formed group.
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Nevada Shenanigans: “The affidavit makes clear that we’re not dealing with oversights or sloppiness, this was intentional criminal conduct.”
Nevada’s Republican Party says a whistleblower is claiming that elections officials willingly violated the rules for handling mail-in ballots.
“A whistleblower has come forward in Clark County saying they witnessed mail ballots being counted without signatures being verified,” the Nevada Republican Party wrote in a Twitter post Saturday.
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Arizona: Trump Lawsuit Alleges ‘Incorrectly Rejected Votes’ After Cutting Biden Lead To Nearly Half A Point
The Trump campaign has sued Arizona’s Maricopa County alleging that poll workers may have disenfranchised thousands of in-person voters on election day by incorrectly handling some ballots.
The campaign announced its lawsuit in a press release on Saturday, claiming that some ballots cast on election day were marked as “overvotes” by the machines processing them, meaning the machine found that more votes were marked on the ballot than is allowed. Many overvote ballots were then canceled instead of being taken by a poll worker and counted by hand, the lawsuit says.
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Tesla just announced Its plans to raise $2 billion through a common stock offering.
According to the securities filing, Tesla wants to use the funds mainly to boost its balance sheet.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will purchase up to $10 million in shares in the offering, while Oracle co-founder and Tesla board member Larry Ellison will buy up to $1 million worth of Tesla shares,
Tesla could raise as much as $2.3 billion through granting underwriters a 30-day option, which will allow underwriters to buy as much as $300 million of additional common stock.
Before this news, Tesla stock briefly nosedived as much as 4.2% in early trading and fell as much as 7.2% in premarket trading, before recovering to trade 0.7% higher in morning trading.
What Analysts Are Saying
CFRA analyst Garrett Nelson: “We are not surprised by the capital raise considering (Tesla’s) ambitious growth plans, including a new factory in Germany and a possible factory in Texas, and also in light of the stock’s run-up and the fact it last issued equity in May at $243 a share”
Baird analyst Ben Kallo: The equity raise is about 2% dilutive to existing shareholders, but that the move was prudent given the recent run-up in the stock price. “Importantly, we think the announcement could provide an opportunity for analysts to close out sell ratings and expect shares to trade up in the short term,”
Wedbush analysts Dan Ives: The offering will be a bit of a shock to some given the company talked about no need to raise capital on its recent conference call, but it rips the Band-Aid off and takes the doomsday cash crunch scenario some predicted down the road now off the table. The size of this offering is larger than many had anticipated, but we believe it’s a smart move by Musk and the Board to take advantage of being back in a position of strength with the Street and focus on raising capital.
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Golden State Warriors: The Champions Slowing Down & Competition Speeding Up?
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This current era of the Golden State Warriors has been one of the most, if not, the most dominant NBA basketball team in history. With a record-setting 73-9 record in 2015, and a 9-time All Star being a new addition to the team following year, the Golden State Warriors are the most feared team in basketball today.
The Warriors have faced some struggles within the past couple of weeks with games they’ve should have won. On Jan. 3, a 30-point loss to the Utah Jazz was the worst defeat they received all season. The Warriors shot 33 percent on 20-of-60 from the field. This was their second-worst game of the season, statistically. Only a loss from the Denver Nuggets on Dec. 23rd was worse.
“We just didn’t start out the game with any force defensively…We played with no sense of urgency, no sense of purpose and they’re obviously fighting for the playoffs,” Warriors coach Steve told NBA reporters.
In the past 10 games, the Warriors were 6-4, which is rare for them, considering they usually have one or two losses within a 10-game span.
The Utah Jazz were their first loss within that span, and the Denver Nuggets their second. It was another highly favored game to win for the Warriors, which resulted in a 7-point loss on Feb. 3.
“The whole fourth quarter was rough,” said Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who had 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting. “50/50 balls go (the) other way. It was tough to get in any kind of rhythm or flow.”
Many expected the Warriors to step their game up when they played the elite Oklahoma City Thunder, but this was no different. With the Thunder having the reigning MVP and two new elite players this season, they are always expected to put up a fight no matter who they play.
Russell Westbrook and Paul George combined for 72 points. The Warriors entered that game having gone 11-0 in games following a loss.
Golden State’s most recent game came against the Portland Trail Blazers on Feb. 14. Despite Kevin Durant’s 50-point performance, Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers were able to snap the Warriors’ seven-game win streak over Portland.
“It might be our best win [of the season] as far as the quality of the opponent,” Lillard said.
It’s clear that the Warriors are not in their normal state of winning. The reigning Western Conference champs have a huge target on their back going into All-Star weekend.
The Golden State Warriors must determine if their game plan is slowing down or if the new competition is finally learning how to adjust to their style of play.
With the All-Star break, the Warriors had a week and a half to analyze their next moves and improve on their final 24 games.
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The death on September 1, 2014, of Andrea Kid-Taylor, PhD, one of the most-committed lecturers at the Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is a loss not only to public health, but for health disparities among underserved communities in United States and around the world. It is a sad day for all those who knew her and passed under her tutelage in one fashion or the other. Dr. Kidd-Taylor was a calming voice in the midst of anxiety, and tenderness in the midst of pressure and tension.
My first contact with Dr. Taylor was in 2006 at Howard University, Washington, DC. She was an environmental public health guest lecturer at the HU College of Medicine-operated public health program. In her presentation, she depicted every ounce of a true bastion of public health and environmental activism. At the end of the class, a throng of students lined up to have a chat with her—and I was one of them. For every student that came, she had the same level of mien: an engagement, and presence that was neither rushed, nor frizzled. This was late in the night. This is significant given the fact that she was in Washington, DC and would be commuting to Baltimore, Maryland the same night—a commute that was very long. She made a personal connection with each of the students that she met that night. For every student in that hall that day, Dr. Taylor left a message, don’t stop at the master’s level, go on get your doctorate; public health needs you and the minorities need to address health disparities. And I know I am just one of the students that she touched with her motivational embrace. Evidently, there are hundreds of us out there who have been touched by her light of motivation.
Dr. Kidd-Taylor, an erudite scholar and public health professional, who believed what she preached, will be sorely missed. But we are encouraged by her legacies which will live on in the field of public health. For many of us who moved on to do and continue to do great things as agents of social change around the world, Dr. Kidd-Taylor’s gentle voice will remain evergreen in our hearts. Her gentle voice will motivate us to pass that touch yet to another generation because the work of eliminating health and education disparities in our communities here in the United States and around the world is not yet done. Your comments and thoughts of Dr. Kidd-Taylor are most welcome!
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The Abayudaya Jews of Uganda Now Officially Recognized by Jewish Agency
Rose Kaplan, Tablet Magazine, April 14, 2016
Five years ago, Tablet’s Michael Fishbane reported on the fascinating saga of the Abayudaya Jews of Eastern Uganda, joining Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the community’s spiritual leader, on his first, ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the Ugandan Parliament. In between dispatches from the campaign trail, Fishbane traces the roots of the Abayudaya from their origins as early 20th-century converts, to their persecution under Idi Amin’s dictatorship, to their current quest for recognition and fellowship under the wide tent of world Jewry.
The Abayudaya … trace the origins of their religious affiliation to an extraordinary African chieftain, elephant hunter, warrior king, and colonial agent named Semei Kakungulu, who in 1917, or 1919, or 1920, depending on the source, … decided to reject all the forms of biblical religion that had been introduced to him by turn-of-the-century English Protestant and French Catholic missionaries for his own textual interpretation of the first five books of Moses, which made him (and his followers and later their descendants) something very close to Jews.
Kakungulu garnered followers and begat children, who raised Jewish-identified children, who eventually met white Jews who helped the Abayudaya become more universally accepted as Jewish. Emissaries brought religious, financial, and material support from abroad and paid for Gershom Sizomu Wambedde, the grandson of one of the chief’s first followers, to travel to America to train to be a rabbi, meet the president of the United States, and run for parliament in Africa.
In 2011, Fishbane explains, Sizomu battled “a Muslim incumbent, in a largely Muslim district in a country that is 85 percent Christian with a fanatical born-again first lady” with the help of a campaign budget more than 80% funded by “international friends”—among them “Diane Tobin, the director of Be’chol Lashon (‘In every tongue’), a San Francisco-based Jewish diversity and ‘community-building’ group” that helped Sizomu and his family travel to the United States in the early 2000s to attend the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
But Sizomu, who was ordained as a rabbi by the Conservative movement in 2008, never gave up. Two months ago, as Tablet’s Jordana Narin wrote, he “edged out seven other candidates to win a highly contested seat representing the rural Bungokho North district, near the Kenyan border”—the same race he lost in 2011.
And now, with his swearing-in ceremony expected to take place next month, there’s more good news for Sizomu and the Abayudaya community: the Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental organization involved with bringing new immigrants to Israel, has officially accepted the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda as a “recognized” Jewish community, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported on Tuesday (via Haaretz).
In a letter to Rabbi Andrew Sacks, director of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement in Israel, the Jewish Agency said it has recognized the community as Jewish since 2009 and also recognizes the authority of its rabbi, Gershom Sizomu… Such recognition means the Ugandan Jews are allowed to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return.
The news should be welcome to Ugandan Jews, who have had difficulty obtaining visas to study in Israel. This official recognition raises a number of questions, such as: how do communities of converts fit within the sometimes murky legal framework of the Law of Return? (In 2002, many of the Abayudaya officially converted under the auspices of five rabbis in the Conservative movement, a process that has continued.)
For several years, requests by members of the Abayudaya community to study in Israel or to immigrate to the country had been held up because of questions of their status as a community.
The Ministry of Interior, the authority charged with approving requests for immigration and other visas, typically relies on recommendations and rulings from the Jewish Agency when the status of a community is unclear. In some cases, however, it has overruled the Jewish Agency…
…As most of the members of the Abayudaya community were converted before 2009, it is not clear if and how the Jewish Agency recommendation will apply in practice.
“I am still intent on bringing a group of students here in June, and I’m hoping it will happen,” said Sacks.
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CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman is out as the leader of the sport of practical physical fitness after numerous days of fallout from his racist tweet referencing George Floyd. The business has actually likewise released its very first public declaration concerning its silence in the face of the existing across the country projects decrying bigotry and authorities violence towards Black Americans. The declaration, from “CrossFit Head office,” acknowledged the neighborhood’s dissatisfaction and requested forgiveness, to name a few things.
In a relocation initially reported by The Early Morning Chalk-Up, Greg Glassman will leave his position to be changed by Dave Castro, existing Director of the CrossFit Games and Co-Director of Training, as the CEO of CrossFit. BuzzFeed News likewise reported on the relocation after publishing a recording of Glassman’s racist remarks in a personal conference, very first referenced by Mike Young in a Medium post. Soon after the reports, a post on CrossFit.com verified Glassman will retire. Read his declaration completely listed below:
I’m stepping down as CEO of CrossFit, Inc., and I have actually chosen to retire. On Saturday I produced a rift in the CrossFit neighborhood and accidentally injured a lot of its members. Considering that I established CrossFit 20 years earlier, it has actually ended up being the world’s biggest network of fitness centers. All are lined up in using a classy service to the vexing issue of persistent illness. Producing CrossFit and supporting its affiliates and legions of expert fitness instructors has actually been a labor of love.
Those who understand me understand that my sole problem is the persistent illness epidemic. I understand that CrossFit is the service to this epidemic which CrossFit HQ and its personnel act as the stewards of CrossFit affiliates worldwide. I cannot let my habits stand in the method of HQ’s or affiliates’ objectives. They are too crucial to endanger.
CrossFit is presently losing assistance from its notoriously devoted neighborhood, with over 1,250 fitness centers dropping their associations, senior-level CrossFit personnel resigning, and numerous partners and sponsors openly disavowing Greg Glassman’s public remarks about George Floyd’s death, his supposed personal e-mails and declarations, the absence of variety within the company, and the business’s silence on the existing social motions versus systemic bigotry.
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Castro, the male changing Glassman, belongs to CrossFit’s old guard. He has actually been accountable, to name a few things, for setting the popular CrossFit Open and CrossFit Games. He hosted the first-ever Games in 2007 on his Cattle Ranch in Aromas, California, the area where the 2020 Games were arranged to be held this year after public health procedures required them to be moved from Madison, Wisconsin. Castro likewise shared a declaration in the CrossFit post:
“CrossFit is a neighborhood — one that is worldwide, varied, and hard. Everyone in our neighborhood shares a typical bond. We are all committed to a visionary, transformative method to fitness. Our private enthusiasms for that method have actually created a long-lasting neighborhood.
Our neighborhood is injured, though. Our shared bond unites countless individuals with varying viewpoints, perspectives, and experiences. Friction is unavoidable. Commonalities, shared regard, and fellowship needs to likewise be unavoidable. I’m honored to handle the function of CEO of CrossFit, Inc. I wish to do right by affiliates, fitness instructors, professional athletes, and other members of the CrossFit neighborhood around the globe and never ever forget the objective Greg developed for all of us.”
Due to his ascension to CEO of CrossFit, The Early Morning Chalk-Up re-shared a video of Castro on Instagram: at an occasion in 2019, Castro was asked if there were any strategies to include variety to the lineup. Castro significantly decreased to react the concern completely, rather revealing the following day’s very first occasion.
CrossFit, Inc. and Greg Glassman did not react to ask for remark prior to the publication of this post.
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Gooner Daily was launched that night and 365 days, 291 posts, 1314 comments and 234,451 hits later, the blog is celebrating its maiden anniversary. The blog has been very active on Twitter and it presently has 1,509 fantastic followers. The blog also has an ever-growing Facebook page that currently has 271 ‘likes’. 70 individuals also liked it enough to join its mailing list and these ever increasing numbers continue to inspire the blogger himself, @enigma106.
I would like to use this medium to express my profound gratitude to everyone that has been with Gooner Daily this past year. A lot of friends have been made over the year and I’ll also like to send a quick shoutout to dkingpin, Obitwyce, I_am_Juba, davicky1, ChuksBass, KaineRoberts01, Bukinho, daviruz, ogb_123, Sounak, Omar Almasri, Vijay Murali, HexyDre, Jaybdon, omomo14, DaygeeDr, BazHead14, ibikunlay, AdeGooner, bolz_odet, eromzy, sniqs, Goonerforlife52, LargeKatt, sleek004, Uchez2, harryubak, mayorbaze, zigbytes, Femisoro, q_e_d_14 and much more.
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Moving over to Arsenal news, The Gunners will play Martin Jol’s Fulham in the evening fixture today and a lot will be expected from both sides. In the buildup to the game, Arsene Wenger made a few comments about his side and he has told everyone that all his players will get a chance to play in the coming weeks ahead.
Andrey Arshavin has been an unused substitute in the past two games and the media Vultures have already created some fire with words that the former regular starter has now become a full-time fringe player but Arsene Wenger was quick to douse those flames:
“He’s not a back-up player but at the moment he doesn’t play, Maybe he will play on Saturday.
“I feel sorry for every player who doesn’t play but it is part of our job. Competition is part of our job and you must accept that in some periods of your career somebody can get in front of you.”
Competition is truly a part of football and Arshavin didn’t do well to keep his place with his inconsistent performances. Gervinho came in his stead and has been a better player by a mile with his brilliant play, assists and 2 goals even though he’s going through a phase in front of goal right now.
Since the loss to Tottenham on the 2nd of October, Arsenal has been in inspired form and they have gone on to win five Premier League games in a row as well as victories in other competitions. Robin van Persie has played a key role in this revival and the odds are firmly stacked on him to continue his amazing goal scoring run that has seen him surpass the 30-goal Premier league mark in just a calendar year.
From a Fulham point of view, the club’s primary right back Zdenek Grygera is out for the rest of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury but they will welcome John Arne Riise and former Arsenal trainee Steve Sidwell. Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson are good with the ball on their feet so Arsenal has to do well to contend with the threat they’ll pose. The presence of Brede Hangeland will also mean that they’ll be a threat from dead-ball situations so the likes of Per Mertesacker will have to be banked upon to use his figure to help his team’s cause.
Fulham certainly has some flaws that need to be exploited by Arsenal. For starters, their away form has been pretty woeful and they have a knack for conceding very late goals due to lack of concentration at the back. They don’t even score much goals so I believe that the trend might continue at the Emirates.
From an Arsenal perspective, Abou Diaby will continue his road to full fitness while Arsene Wenger has revealed good news concerning Jack Wilshere’s fitness. The Gunners are in great form and they’ll look to van Persie to continue hitting the back of the net as the Dutchman has scored 10 out of Arsenal’s last 15 goals and I believe that he has no plans of stopping.
The regular absentees like Kieran Gibbs, Carl Jenkinson and Bacary Sagna are still on the sidelines and no other player has joined their party in Arsenal’s physio room. Laurent Koscielny was replaced in the Dortmund game due to fatigue but I’m pretty sure that he’ll be raring to go today. Koscielny was Arsenal’s most featured player last season as he amassed up to 4,000 minutes of football in the four competitions he played.
For the potential starting lineup, Wojciech Szczesny will continue to be Arsenal’s custodian between the sticks but I think its high time the Pole tries his possible best to get a clean sheet because he has managed just one (West Brom) in his last six games. He had a clean sheet ‘double’ against Olymique Marseille though.
With the nonavailability of Kieran Gibbs, Andre Santos will continue to maraud the left full back position for Arsenal. Months ago, Edu promised the gooners that they were going to love the Brazilian and he has done well to win many hearts with his Samba style that involves great technique and great attacking verve. Laurent Koscieny will face a fitness test but if he’s not deemed fit enough Johan Djourou will deputize for him. Per Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen will continue to buildup their chemistry together and I expect another stellar performance from Arsenal’s vice captain.
The midfield triumvirate will be Lionel Messi………..Alex Song, Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey. These three have blended perfectly with each other and their combination has unleashed the raw potentials of Alex Song and Aaron Ramsey. Arteta already had it in him.
There’ll be no guesses on that centre forward for today’s game but there are speculations arising that Andrey Arshavin will be given the nod ahead of Gervinho. Theo Walcott will complete the front three.
Last season, a scintillating display by Samir Nasri sent Arsenal to the top of the Premier League with two brilliant goals.
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Bukinho | November 26, 2011 at 10:17
LWKMD!!! See birthday cake!
Ikpanor Francis | November 26, 2011 at 10:18
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Corban University was ranked the #24 most popular graduate school in the state in 2019. All in all, 20 graduate degrees were handed out that year. The following table gives a breakdown of the tuition costs to attend the school. This is based on the most recent data available.
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__label__wiki | 0.971621 | 0.971621 | ‘The Masked Singer’ 2019 Sneak Preview Live Recap
By D.L. Thompson
Updated Sep 15, 2019 at 9:01pm
Getty Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke attend the premiere of Fox's "The Masked Singer" Season 2 at The Bazaar at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills on September 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
The Masked Singer season 2 premieres on Fox on Wednesday, September 25 at 8/7c. Ahead of the premiere, on Sunday, September 15, the network shared a “Super Sneak Peek” into what’s to come, including the masked characters that this season’s celebrities will be hiding behind when they perform.
The preview was hosted by judge Ken Jeong and season 1’s winner T-Pain. Promoting the preview episode, Jeong teased on Instagram that fans should tune in to the “Super Sneak Peek” for the first clues of the new season.
Super Sneak Peek Airs This Sunday September 15 at 8/7c | Season 2 | THE MASKED SINGERCatch the season premiere of THE MASKED SINGER on TOMORROW at 8/7c only on FOX! Subscribe now for more The Masked Singer clips: https://fox.tv/Subscribe_TheMaskedSinger Watch more videos from The Masked Singer: https://fox.tv/TheMaskedSingerSeason2 Catch full episodes now: https://foxapp.onelink.me/LHqp/MaskedSingerYT Like The Masked Singer on Facebook: https://fox.tv/TheMaskedSinger_FB Follow The Masked Singer on Twitter: https://fox.tv/TheMaskedSinger_TW Follow The Masked Singer…2019-09-11T18:17:05.000Z
Here’s what we learned about season 2 from the sneak peek preview:
Beware of mild spoilers about season 2 of The Masked Singer and stop reading now if you want to watch the season 2 premiere clue-less. This post will be updated live as the episode airs.
To start off the sneak peek, they recapped the highlights from season 1. The recap went over the clues chosen for the first season’s celebrities, which is helpful for the audience because it showed that some of the clues might not actually mean what they seem at first. It will take deep thought and careful sleuthing to identify the season 2 celebrities behind the masks.
Finally, it was time for the mask characters to be revealed:
The Skeleton was the first mask introduced. They introduced the Skeleton as coming straight from “anatomy class” and “made of bones and bling.” In the package, the Skeleton said “I feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven being here, and I’m going to sing my heart out… if I had one.”
The Fox was next; he called himself a “superhero” and said he was ready to “devour the competition.” The package revealed the Fox costume took the longest to make.
The Icecream character gave this description: “I’m made of sugar, dairy, and I live for half of February.” Perhaps the Valentine’s Day date on the calendar is a clue?
Who could #EagleMask be? #TheMaskedSinger pic.twitter.com/0P9RrzbxQh
— The Masked Singer (@MaskedSingerFOX) September 16, 2019
When Eagle was introduced, they said “They’ll be saluting me in the very end.” The celebrity requested the costume’s sun medallion and red bandana.
The Tree told the audience to expect “delicious performances,” and the video said that the costume was inspired by 1950s pinup models.
The Flamingo said that they love “mascara,” and that in the competition, “I may never put my foot down.” The sneak peek included a clip of the Flamingo’s first performance, which was an impressive version of “Lady Marmalade.” Based on that short video, it seems that Flamingo is a professional singer.
The Butterfly said “I’m flying high and ready to shake up the competition” and asked “Are you ready to feel the Butterfly Effect?”
Solve the masked mystery. Who could be behind #PenguinMask? #TheMaskedSinger pic.twitter.com/xwVXigW3CZ
The Penguin‘s main clue was “I might be cold as ice, but I’m ready to bring the heat.” A second reference to cold temperatures confirmed that the celebrity has some kind of relationship to the cold.
The Leopard is dressed in a royal Baroque costume that was designed to hide the celebrity’s body shape. The Leopard provided a major clue, saying “I’ve been spotted with the president.”
The Egg dropped a number of egg puns, later revealing that they “always work hard for the first and last letters of the alphabet” and also revealed they are “pro-team.”
Rottweiler said they’re a “total perfectionist.” The costume features airbrushed abs and a hip-hop look.
Take your pick. Who do you think is behind the #FlowerMask? #TheMaskedSinger pic.twitter.com/JfoncQbE3U
The Flower said “I blossom in every field I plant myself in,” and said the show was another opportunity to branch out.
Thingamajig said they have a puzzling persona and that they celebrate with Chewbacca. The Thingamajig is the tallest costume yet. In a sneak peek performance, we got a first listen to the celebrity behind the mask’s voice, which moved judge Nicole Scherzinger to tears.
Panda, dressed in pastels, made reference to “how I prepare” bamboo, which suggests that the celebrity might be a chef.
During Black Widow‘s video package introduction, one of the images revealed was a black widow tarot card.
At the end of the preview, there was one costume that was left a secret. Before T-Pain took the stage (sans Monster costume), Nick Cannon said that the 16th and final costume would be unveiled during the 2019 Emmy Awards.
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Saxon – BBC In Concert (18th September 1985 – Review)
July 19, 2015 Heavy Metal Overload 36 Comments
“Did you listen to the radio every Friday night?” asked Saxon in their classic track Denim and Leather. If you did back in the 80s you might have heard this excellent live recording of Saxon’s show at the Hammersmith Odeon. Broadcast on Radio 1’s Friday Rock Show, BBC In Concert (18th September 1985) captures a difficult and interesting time in Saxon’s career as they toured to promote their controversial new album Innocence Is No Excuse.
Only a selection of the concert’s songs were broadcast so only four Innocence tracks appear here. Of those, Broken Heroes and Devil Rides Out fare best in the live setting, sitting comfortably alongside the band’s established repertoire. However, the moody Rockin’ Again is badly placed and struggles as the first encore tune. And while the catchy and upbeat Back on the Streets kicks off the broadcast well, its worth is put into question by the absolutely spine-tingling performance of Dallas 1PM that follows it.
On one hand the Innocence era tracks weaken the set but their lesser-heard nature adds to the interest for long-time Saxon fans. The rest of the broadcast is taken up by their radio-friendly classics which, with the possible exception of a tired-sounding Strong Arm of the Law, sound fresh and lively. Some of the performances here are exciting enough to make you feel like you’re hearing these songs for the first time. The versions of Dallas 1PM and Power and the Glory might be the best I’ve heard yet and older material like Wheels of Steel and Princess of the Night serve as strong reminders that this is the same band that recorded The Eagle Has Landed three years previously.
Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson
But they wouldn’t be for much longer. This would be the band’s last tour with bassist Steve Dawson. Disagreements with the band and management saw him fired before sessions began for their next studio album. It was a risky decision: Steve’s playing, performance and writing had played a crucial role in the band’s career and success.
But the problems behind the scenes are not evident in this live recording. It’s not an essential purchase but Saxon devotees are sure to get a good kick out of this. It’s an exciting and atmospheric time capsule of classic 80s Saxon out to prove their worth at a challenging time in their career. They certainly seem to have won over Hammersmith on 18th September 1985 but, with a key member gone and a couple of spotty studio albums behind them, the challenging times would continue.
This recording is available as part of the EMI Years [1985-1988] box set and also available separately as a download through iTunes, Amazon etc…
[Saxon – Back on the Streets live at Hammermith]
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36 thoughts on “Saxon – BBC In Concert (18th September 1985 – Review)”
deKE says:
Great Review….Eagle Has Landed man what a album! Thanks for back ground info on internal strife within the ranks!
No worries Deke! This isn’t quite as good as Eagle but it’s a good ‘un! And you get some of those classic songs that came after like Crusader and Power & the Glory.
I think the last one I bought was the Party Til You Puke album I can’t recall the name right now …..Tbone bought Innocence and I thought oh oh…..
The Party Till You Puke album is up next! Saxon as a four piece with a very special guest…
Funnily enough I do remember hearing this when it was first broadcast and thinking ‘Hmm, Saxon, must investigate further’ – only took me 4 years to do it too.
That’s brilliant. This slightly predates my interest in music of any sort! I wish I was a bit older so I could have caught this kind of stuff. I’m aging like a fine wine anyway so a few more years added on would only make me sexier.
As if that was possible!
I know! It’s hard to believe but there doesn’t seem to be any limits on my sexiness.
Cool review, I will be checking it out more in the future. This concert was a year before I saw them in London and they were really good that night.
I can totally believe that if this is anything to go by. I’ve also got a recording from the year you saw them. It’s from their Reading headliner but it’s edited down a lot more so not many songs. Still good though. I really wish I’d seen them back then like you did.
That was my first concert at the Hammersmith Odeon and it was a good one. I would like to see them again.
Great first concert! I saw them just last year and they were great.
Sounds like I’d like some of this recording. Dallas and Power are some fine Saxon tracks IMO. Saw them live in 87 as Malmsteen’s support. Didn’t know Dobbs was out of the the band. Friend who took me to the concert, unfamiliar with Saxon, remarked what great energy Saxon exhibted live. Totally agreed. Saxon had/have quite a range of cuts for listeners. I like the balance and contrast in thier sets.
Cool intersting text, HMO.
Great points Adam. There’s a lot of variety on this one for sure. I think you’d like it. It’s got a great vibe to it. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I was going to when I first heard it.
Enjoyed this review, Scott. Though I’m always slightly uneasy about the way reading HM stories evokes stills from ‘This is Spinal Tap’ in my head.
Well there’s quite a Tap connection here! Harry Shearer joined them on tour to do research for Tap. Steve Dawson was thought to be a big inspiration for Derek Smalls.
Well I didn’t know that! Brilliant (in a lukewarm sort of between fire and ice sort of way).
And the less said about their armadilloes, the better!
SAXON!!
Haha man, this is becoming our band, same as Deke and I have the Stones Hamptons… I will get to them, I swear!
Still, this write-up makes it sound like an interesting set. I know more about their story, now, than I do about their music! GIVE ‘ER!
Mick and Keef are waiting in the Hamptons for your review! Hahahaha
Haha yeah I’m sure they are!
Have you been listening to the tracks that I’ve been attaching? You’re getting a good taste of them if you try those out.
I usually do. I think most of them? Probably. I’m listening to this post’s track as I type this and am laughing at the “We’re gonna play some new songs… and YOU’RE GONNA LIKE THEM!” Haha.
I can definitely hear 1985 metal rock in it. I like the bluesy of it. I can dig it. Actually, that track coulda been on a movie soundtrack from the time, a film about fighter jets or racing cars, or maybe boxing/martial arts… something high adrenaline with several montages in it…
Totally! Actually the video for that one had a big truck in it. But it wasn’t a very high octane action truck.
Glad you’re getting to listen along then. I know the tracks don’t always play on everyone’s browsers. But I’ve not heard anyone complaining about that for a while so maybe that was a WP glitch that’s been fixed?
Oh sure, I try to play things when I get the chance. Of course, I’m often listening ahead to the next record I’m gonna review while I read everyone else’s posts, so I might not ALWAYS click every tune and video… 🙂
I wasn’t aware that there was an issue with the tracks. I know videos from Youtube lay fine, and any time I click on your MP3s they play fine. I’m using Safari (updated to current).
One other thing I was gonna say, one track here or there is cool, and usually makes me wanna get a whole album to try. I go by recommendations from all the fine laddies (and lassie) that frequent the pages. Also, the frequency with which a band appears in the posts usually indicates a favourite. Based on this, here at HMO, I guess I oughta own ALL the Manowar and Saxon by now, eh? Haha
Yeah I find it hard to listen to everyone’s vids etc… Sometimes, like you say, it’s enough just to go recommendations. Bit is best to listen to anything I recommend before you buy though. A lot of the stuff I like is just shite!
Cool. I wasn’t checking up on you or anything. Just wanted to make sure you knew the tracks were there and that they are working ok.
Haha not checking up on me? You mean you’re NOT stalking me?
It’s all good, I’ve had enough experiences with WP that it’s becoming good policy to check in now and again, make sure things work! Also, it’s usually Sarca that sorts things out. She’s a wizard, I think.
I also highly dout most things you listen to are shite, or you wouldn’t listen!
Yeah you’ve got me there. I do genuinely listen to all this stuff. Someone has to!
I believe this is in amongst a pile of Sacon stuff a friend threw my way. Will rifle through it (when I’m more awake!) and get it listened to.
Cool! Check out out. Is it CD or vinyl?
No vinyl this time, I’m afraid … but I shant let that put me off! 😉
Please don’t! I was just wondering because I didn’t know if this had a vinyl release or not.
Victim of the Fury says:
Continuing to enjoy and look forward to each new edition of the Saxon series. As for the BBC 1 “Friday Rock Shows,” I hope you all recognize how lucky you were in those pre-internet days with your “socialist” radio. We didn’t have anything even coming close to it stateside. Hence the relative lack of U.S. radio broadcast stuff out there as compared to all the glories from the BBC vaults!!
Glad you’re still enjoying them Mr. Fury! And great point about the Beeb. They had some brilliant stuff. A lot of my favorite live recordings come from those archives… and all the sessions etc… And they seemed to have an ear to the underground too which is amazing, thinking back. Bands like Napalm Death got their big breaks through John Peel and stuff like that.
Thank God for the BBC, and good moustaches!
I like that releases such as this are not only archived, but also cleaned up and released. I like odd periods in a band’s history.
I think Dawson’s ‘tache might have been the real reason he was fired. He had such an amazing one. Almost Magnum-esque. And after he was gone Graham Oliver shaved his off too. Probably at the behest of the management. Saxon was a ‘tache-free zone from now on!
And this isn’t the oddest period in Saxon’s history either! That’s still to come… a couple of albums from now. | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line880 |
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Led Zeppelin – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (Song Review)
August 27, 2020 Heavy Metal Overload 24 Comments
“Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, baby”
I didn’t mention Babe I’m Gonna Leave You when I reviewed Led Zep’s debut platter. It didn’t swing my verdict one way or the other. It’s not the best song on the album and it’s not the worst. But I was listening to Led Zeppelin again today and a lot of the album’s characteristics are summed up in this one song. It’s a great example of the album’s light and shade, folk and rock. A lovely acoustic part alternates with a cool heavy part where Boaby “Robert” Plant lets rip with roaring vocals. But it’s also a great example of why I got so bored of the album so quickly. The light and heavy parts both have the same chord progression which means this overlong song doesn’t feel like it’s going anywhere. And neither does the narrator. By the end of the tune, no-one has left anyone. After the 17th-or-so “baby” I’m the one getting itchy feet.
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cincinnatibabyhead says:
The “baby” song.
That’s the one!
I can think of a few contenders. Lou Reeds ‘Ooooh Baby’ and J Geils ‘Hard Drivin Man’. Peter Wolf never gets stuck on a lyric when he can use “baby”.
I don’t know any of those. Wonder which song has the record for most babys?
I’ve tried to count Plant’s “Baby’s” a few times. I think it’s over 30. I heard a song recently and it triggered that question in me again. I always come back to this one. It’s the standard.
It’s the one to beat, I’m sure of it!
hotfox63 says:
I like that one. Powerful and yet gentle, then dirty again – hopeless and yet full of hope! Only Led Zeppelin can sound like this. Plant sing here just gorgeous.
Plant is the best thing about it for sure.
BuriedOnMars says:
Not long enough for me. Same groove played three different ways. Good times.
I knew you’d say that!
I’d chat more about it but I’ve got to go.
I’m going away OK?
I’m leaving Kevin, don’t try to talk me out of it!
As long as you’re leaving!
No, I’m still here. But I’m definitely gonna leave babe! Eventually 😂
Thanks, babe
Nice closing line, HMO – after a certain quantity of repeated ‘Baby’s, the person on the receiving end must also be wondering, well, are you gonna?!
Yeah, he’s all talk and no action that guy.
Come on, the guy’s got to ramble!
He’s not rambling. He’s just rambling on about rambling.
People think the Illuminati are behind everything, they’re not, its the Ramblers who are. Plants constant references to the elderly walking group always make me and Mrs 1537 giggle.
The Ramblers will probably put a hit out on us now.
I think The Ramblers are still locked in a lawsuit with Zep over the uncredited use of the term.
Blur were originally called The Ram Blurs, until they got warned off. I heard that from an aggressive street crazy at a bus stop.
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__label__wiki | 0.678939 | 0.678939 | ‘Birds Of Prey’ Star Margot Robbie Won’t Watch ‘Star Wars’ Movies
by Trey Griffeth on July 17, 2019
In a recent interview, Birds of Prey star and Harley Quinn actress Margot Robbie revealed that she’s never seen a Star Wars film and refuses to at this point.
While speaking to MTV News, Birds of Prey star Margot Robbie was asked about famous films that she hadn’t seen. The Birds of Prey star then revealed that she had, in fact, not seen, a single Star Wars film. At this point, however, the Birds of Prey star seems to be committed to not seeing a Star Wars film, with Margot Robbie star stating that she just wants to see people get mad at her for not having seen any of them:
I’ve never seen any Star Wars. And I kind of don’t watch it now just because it infuriates people so much, like, ‘How? How have you never watched any Star Wars?’ And I just kinda wanna see how long I can make it now.
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You can see Margot Robbie’s full confession regarding Star Wars below:
#OnceUponATimeInHollywood is about a golden age in film, so we put stars @LeoDiCaprio, @MargotRobbie, and Brad Pitt on the spot and asked which classic films they *haven’t* seen – #GoneWithTheWind, #StarWars, #SoundOfMusic – their answers will surprise you ? pic.twitter.com/97JqkpmEXE
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) July 17, 2019
From the look of things, Margot Robbie is committed not to see any of the Star Wars films at this point just to troll people!
What do you all make of this? Should the Birds of Prey star keep trolling people like this? Should Margot Robbie just bit the bullet and watch a Star Wars film? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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Margot Robbie will next appear as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). The film is set to hit theaters on February 7, 2020.
The next Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be released in theaters on December 19, 2019.
Source: MTV News
Clay Enos Shares Hi-Res Stills Of ‘Batman v Superman’, ‘Justice League’ & More
Photographer Clay Enos has shared a huge batch of new hi-res stills from DCEU films such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Justice League, and Suicide Squad which includes several new images of Jared Leto as The Joker.
The hi-res images range from stills to behind the scenes photos featuring directors Zack Snyder and David Ayer working with cast members including Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Will Smith as Deadshot. In addition to the new images of Jared Leto's Joker, a new image of Gadot as Wonder Woman in her own standalone film is included among the hi-res stills.
You can check out the images in the gallery below.
Warner Bros. and DC Films have many projects currently being developed including The Batman, The Flash standalone film, Green Lantern Corps, Black Adam, Supergirl, New Gods, and Nightwing.
The DCEU continues this month with Aquaman which is now playing and will be followed by Shazam! on April 5, 2019, Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on February 7, 2020, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020. A standalone Joker film set outside of the DC Films universe starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is also set to hit theaters October 4, 2019.
Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director, James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king.
Aquaman is now playing. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the current DC cinematic universe as we learn it.
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__label__cc | 0.678312 | 0.321688 | Harvey Weinstein Moved to Isolation With ‘101-Degree Temperature’ Is It
Seasonal Flu Coronavirus or Pestilent Which Kills, Time Will Tell What the Death Angel Has Prescribed…
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein is unwell and has been moved to an isolated area in prison to be “closely monitored,” TMZ reported late Tuesday.
The 68-year-old “is in isolation with 101-degree temperature” and may have coronavirus, TMZ said, adding the producer’s representatives could “neither confirm nor deny” he had tested positive for Covid-19.
This is not the first time Weinstein has reportedly been afflicted with coronavirus during this detention.
As Breitbart News reported, in March the convicted rapist was also alleged to be suffering from the malady.
On that occasion, he was moved for treatment to Wende Correction Facility from Riskers where there were roughly 40 other inmates who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Harvey Weinstein is no longer an honorary Commander of the British Empire. The Queen stripped the disgraced former Hollywood movie mogul of the award after he was convicted of rape in February, it was revealed Friday.
When looking at Scripture, it appears angels do have a hand in death and destruction.
For instance, an angel of the Lord in 2 Kings 19:35 goes out at night and kills 185,000 Assyrians. Considering the Assyrians made themselves out to be enemies of God’s people, God willed this angel to commit such a mass destruction, Assyrians Made Themselves Out to Be Enemies of God’s People, and We See the Same Scenario Playing Out in America Today With Our Politicians Being ‘Reprobates’ , God Haters and Enemies of the People God Can Will This Angel to Commit Such a Mass Destruction. I Have an Important Message for the God Hating Politicians in America, Find a Change of Heart or Suffer the Consequences, Stevie Ray Hansen
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However, it appears demons may also try to have a hand in death. Jesus encounters a demon-possessed boy whose demon tries to kill him. The demon often throws him into fire and water to burn or drown him (Mark 9:22).
Does this mean that angels and demons can kill us?
Technically yes, but we need to keep in mind, they cannot harm a hair on our head unless God wills it. Let’s take a look at God’s power over the most infamous of all angels, Satan.
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If Satan, one of the most powerful angels, has to obey God, it shows us that God will not allow for our lives to be taken until the determined time.
The Bible describes angels as God’s servants (Psalm 103:20). A servant will obey whoever is in charge, not straying from commands.
What about the Angel of Death?
The Angel of Death if given the command of God, can take away a life, they will not do so unless they have received that command or if God wills it.
Nothing personifies death. We all will experience death, but no one single angel by the name of Azrael carries out all of the death duties…
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Hands up, everyone who knew that in addition to her multitude of English blogs (50+ at last count), Sabine also runs a blog in German. No, we weren’t aware either. At least, not until one of our sharp-eyed readers pointed it out to us.
It’ll come as no surprise, then, to discover that Sabine has posted a blog there titled “Was mir passierte, nachdem ich in London organisierten Kindermissbrauch aufdeckte“. Translation: “What happened to me after I reported organised child abuse in London”.
The blog post is date-stamped 31 July 2016, so there’s no way for her to argue that she wasn’t aware of the restraining order. The post starts with a reference to Sabine’s pre-trial trip to Brussels:
This very interesting conversation was held in March 2016 in Brussels, while the London police were still insisting that I stay in my apartment. Luckily, thanks to the EuroStar, Brussels is a day-trip from London.
The travel ban was one of the conditions imposed on me after I was arrested on 4 August 2015 at the Royal Courts of Justice. A dear former neighbour from Buschower had accompanied me to be a witness to whether my return, after six months’ exile in Spandau, was to take me to jail. The arrest can be viewed here:
What was my ‘crime’?
On behalf of a mother, I had threatened a judge: either give her her children back, or we would turn to the online world.
In November 2014 the Russian mother had contacted me on the basis of my website, because she was looking for help to get her two children returned to her care. The police had removed them, claiming that she and her partner would be a danger to her children, then 8 and 9 years old.
During their summer vacation the children had broken a pact with their English father, who had threatened to kill them if they told the mother what he was doing to them and other children, as head of a cult.
The details the children described about their abuse could not be invented, unless they had actually experienced them. The children also included drawings of the genitalia of their abusers:
However, High Court Judge Pauffley decided in her judgement that it was all fantasies, although medical reports confirmed anal scarring. But the judge said the injuries pointed not to the father, but to the current boyfriend of the mother.
The drawings were also suppressed by the police; the judge, therefore, never saw them.
The mother and I fled at the same time in February 2015 because of two documents issued by the secret family court, which threatened us with jail.
The mother was also visited by a minibus of nine police officers who wanted to pick her up. She escaped through the back door, while a lawyer, through a closed door, insisted on a court order. This conversation was inter alia recorded, and became one of many videos that the children’s supporters produced.
While I was living in my nephew’s apartment in Spandau, Interpol had been alerted and the London police had searched my apartment. An arrest warrant was made, and enacted on 4 August 2015.
This was the first of four arrests, three crimes against me, a six-day-long court process in which I emerged the winner, and other court hearings involving money, not prison.
I’m going to tell more about this to my clients. I have reason to lead the Buschower Birthday culture in Märkische Heide further and visit the Friesenhof with English friends.
The Havelland happens to have become my soul home!
Funnily enough, Sabine seems to have neglected a few facts here, including that pesky restraining order that should have prevented her from writing this post in the first place.
We’re sure the courts will be very interested in this, so we’ve forwarded it along to the police on Sabine’s behalf.
09/08/2016 in Sabine McNeill. Tags: arrest, blog, criminal charges, evidence, restraining order, Sabine McNeill
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“The blog post is date-stamped 31 July 2015” – 2016 surely?
TN says:
Bet she’s really cross that this one’s been spotted – especially as she has gone out of her way to make her breach really clear!
LOL…. I bet she’s actually stupid enough to imagine nobody she’s crossed reads German.
Whoa, time warp! Thanks—fixed now.
I bet you’re both right! 🙂
Oh FFS.
Sie ist eine hinterhältige kleine Scheisser
Sabine is really flicking the “V” at the courts.She may as well go the full hog andstart doing guided tours of Hampstead SRA sites on skis for Japanese tourists.
Die Frau ist ein dummkopf!
I think it is more than one person.
Listen in awe as Angie attempts to rationalise her Rupert’s calls for the residents of Hampstead to be put to death.
How many lies do you think she’ll manage to squeeze into one short answer?
How so? Do you mean more than one person posts on that blog? I think that’s right, but it does belong to Sabine.
Here’s the ‘About Me’ page: https://buschow.online/redaktion/
The 2015 error occurs at beginning of vid here as well. Must be something in the stars 🙂 Cheers HOH
Noooo, lol, more than one person that reads German.
Sabine, as an ex CERN computer programmer I am sure has her own blogs nailed down tight. She’s not unintelligent is she, as I am sure she has explained many a time.
Reason for her arrest maybe?
Nicely done! Angie really sinks her own battleship here.
Ah, this makes sense—sorry I misread. Yes, I think many people read German, at least well enough to see what she’s up to.
As far as I’m aware, the police weren’t aware of this breach until yesterday; however, I could be mistaken.
Always did have her down as a tad schizo.
Thanks, Mik. All fixed now 🙂
Hats off to HOH customer service team 🙂
I’m alerting the FBI.
This man is extremely dangerous and advocating vigilantism and the Yanks know full well this can end in tragedy when those who Rupert Wilson Quaintance attempts to stir into action may become frustrated at who they perceive are not acting correctly – such as police or teachers etc – should be punished as well.
This is so very serious and appears to be an extraordinary Contempt of Court. This woman continues to snub her nose at the courts and mock them.
Not only does she continue to breach 2 very serious court orders and an injunction – the first is not just a civil matter as it involves the family court – but she allowed her barrister to tell a blatant lie to the Criminal Court that his client accepted there was no “satanism” and baby killing & cannibalism in the Hampstead case.
I’m still waiting on a response to my complaint to the Law Society as to whether a barrister deliberately misled the UK Criminal Court in this case (unwittingly & on behalf of his client) but I’m making a further complaint about McNeill’s solicitor who appears to have deliberately frustrated police by assisting Draper and Christie to escape justice.
I doubt I may get a response as these may become matters that entail further court actions but the first thing the Law Society does is contact the complained about party to ask for a response.
Rupert Wilson Quaintance 1V doth protest too much.
He doth, dothn’t he?
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Yes, I agree—this is another serious breach on Sabine’s part. I’ll be interested to see the outcome of your complaints, Sam.
What’s this about Rupert Wilson Quaintance 1V isn’t his name?
He might go by the name Wilson, but surely it’s the one in his passport that counts?
About these creeps saying they have IP addresses, i have conversed with them on facebook and youtube, can they get my IP from those? if he comes anywhere near my house i shall treat it as what he has boasted it is, a threat of violence. If he is arrested and not deported but jailed, his F a kid in the A statement wont go down too well, he may have to go on the protection wing, especially if someone informs some of the inmates.
No, they can’t get IP addresses from Facebook or YouTube. If you’ve emailed someone or commented on a blog without using a proxy or VPN, then yes, it’s possible to find an IP. It’s possible to use email that keeps your IP private—Hushmail is an example.
I expect that if Rupert were arrested here, he would be deported. No country wants to take on the time and expense involved in prosecuting and then jailing a non-national, if they can just as easily ship the person off home and let them deal with him there.
Yes, I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s using a fake name. His mother seems to think he’s real enough! 🙂
They’ll probably ask him to leave like Christine Ann Sands was, though she did have a return ticket to fly back to the USA. Along with a nice juicy fine too, that he’ll no doubt get his gullible supporters to pay, just like all these con men such as Malcolm Blackman aka Joe Public on fb do.
Rupert not having a return ticket might be problematic for him though so maybe he’ll be remanded in Custody. He’ll get a taste of UK prisons then as he’s wanted to do in the past.
What a complete and utter fool he is.
Btw what on earth is a YOUNG BLOOD COUNTRY BOY as Angela calls him.
I don’t like the sound of the blood, is that some kind of Freudian slip on her part?
She’s making him sound backward at the very least.
Perhaps his performance in the bedroom department is not up to scratch…
I’t a no-brainer, isn’t it. He’s a US citizen openly committing attempted mass-murder. And his public calls to murder innocent people in both the UK and the US are essentially acts of terrorism. The FBI should be very interested.
Mate, the clueless twats have been threatening to trace us through our IP addresses for 18 months. They’re full of shit. Here are some from February 2015:
And to be fair, his dad is Rupert Quaintance III, so it tallies.
https://www.facebook.com/rupert.w.quaintance?fref=ts
The ‘genius’ that is Rupert ‘I want to fuck a little kid in the ass’ Quaintance the iV…. “Pip, pip, pip,pi, pip just like a young” tier II sex offender under federal law. – Which Mike Tyson is; a man on the Sex Offender’s register. Rupert isn’t FIGHTING paedophiles – He’s a complete fucking hypocrite! The man IS a paedophile! – that’s why, at THIRTY FUCKING SEVEN YEARS OF AGE he dresses and acts like a child. That’s why he’s blowing all this smoke! – Much of it dirty stinking drugs; it’s more ‘candy for the kiddies’ he wants to attract. – Wanting to anally rape a child is not a subject for humour! It’s no laughing matter. Only a pervert could come out with such a thing….. It’s the lowest form of perversion; and Rupert has clearly stated his wish to indulge in it!
And what of Hampstead….. Two little children, clearly exhibiting signs of having being beaten, parroting filthy fantasises thumped into them by what kind of man exactly? – ANOTHER dirty drug-addict with a long criminal past including violence, drug dealing and a rape allegation. Disney…… No wonder her family has disowned her! She’s yet ANOTHER piece of drug-addicted scum! The evidence of her indulging in illegal substances is all over YouTube and admitted by herself….. She’s a child-beater, a fantasist and from what I can tell, a bloody fraudster……. Seriously….. These people are lowlife scum-of-the-fucking earth. Now they’re openly threatening to disrupt the lives of innocent ordinary respectable people? and they imagine this is somehow ‘OK’ or even justified? This small-town, small-mind, small-brain, ill-bred, freak-of-nature American PERVERT thinks he has something to educate ordinary British people in?
The more I learn of these hoaxes the more obvious it becomes that they’re mainly the product of perverts crying wolf to try and draw the heat away from their own perverted ways.
I’m not worried in the slightest about Rupert’s threats of tracing IP addresses.
What good is someone’s address?
Rupert will do sweet fanny adams.
I don’t live anywhere near Hampstead and if Rupert or any of the mob want to turn up at my door, let them. Morons.
I had an escaped Machete man breaking my side wall, glass topped shed and frightening my Ginger cat a couple of weeks ago and I saw him off.
Police helicopter flying over head, 4 police cars, 1 van (that I could see down the side of the road), more around the corner.
I don’t think Rupert and his ilk will bother with me and if he bothers with any of the people living in Hampstead, assuming he does visit Hampstead and he hasn’t being apprehended beforehand then the Police will have to be called I suppose.
I can’t really see Rupert showing up at anyone’s door, doorstepping.
If he does, he’s got some cheek he intruding into people’s lives when he’s clearly not welcome.
Is he going to bring his girlfriend Angie as his accomplice?
Rupert’s threats of violence are particularly distasteful.
What a vile creep he is at the very least and possibly worse.
Rupert and his “team” are a joke! As are the “legal team” and the “forensics” team.
I don’t believe a word of it.
More damning no nonsence from the MK Devils camp
No – He’s using his real name. Someone up here had someone over there do various searches on him that included having people local to him verify his ‘story’. He’s a well known creep in his hometown and there are hints of his ‘mom and pop’ bailing him out of big trouble on more than one occasion. From what we can tell they’re a generally disliked, generally dishonest family; but they have money and a position within the community which means they’re able to hold people to ransom and maintain a ‘respectable’ (as in respect me or else) facade…. ‘Neds with money’. – Pretty scummy people from what we can glean (IMHO).
I don’t think this Hoax Mob have even met a person who was abused as a child or an abused child.
Abuse victims do not relate tales like these two kids did who are clearly and almost excitedly repeating a script in the expectation that either a reward will follow or perhaps certain actions will stop (waterboarding? clips over the ear from a thug?).
It makes the real abuse from Christie with the passive acceptance of the mother even more sinister in the manner they have abused these children’s joyful innocence.
If I were a member of this hoax mob I would not look forward to the time these kids grow into teenagers & young adults.
As for the mother Draper, all I can think of is how my mother defended all her 4 children with a (Russian heritage) ferocity that belies Draper’s background given how family is so important to East Europeans as often, it’s all they have in life. I cannot think of a mother who would ever abandon her children under any circumstances.
I’ve spoken to Police Officers who actually ARE involved in tracking down online criminals. They tell me it’s a complex process somewhat comparable to old-fashioned line-tracing in the days of mechanical switching. – It’s possible, if they have good reason, for the police to have a particular line ‘monitored’ but even that doesn’t produce straightforward answers. I also have a Brother who works for BT Outreach and have gleaned much of the following from him………..
IP addresses are useful only to people like law enforcement….. At best you’ll get the name of the ISP and a location within about 20 miles of where the user is logged on from. Even an engineer for the firm concerned has to go through another process which identifies THEM to even get as far as the street cabinet….. And from there they need to access other information to tie a particular line to a particular subscriber! A user complaining or suspecting that their line is being traced this way WILL result in the proverbial ton of bricks being dropped on said staff member their team manger etc. etc. etc!
20 years ago when people were on dial-up, or even 12-15 years ago before broadband became virtually standard, there is a slim chance an engineer with access to an exchange could have pulled this off unnoticed, but not now. There are data protection teams that monitor and steward this sort of thing.
Besides which, most ordinary users have dynamic IPs; these change every time their modem is reset and/or randomly by the exchange. To trace an actual user, you’d need to be able to access the ISP’s logs and tie-in a particular IP at a particular time to a particular subscriber; which means the Data Protection Act and at least two different databases kick in. The ISP need a good reason to give that information out. – Something similar is true for those that, for whatever reason, have a fixed IP. – i.e. maybe they run a server from that address and line.
Having done that, you may just get to the building….. If its a shared facility such as a cybercafe or a business centre; are there even any logs as to who was logged in where and when? There must be dozens of users and sub-users in the building I’m logged in from. And I believe the building gets its telephone service via the estate landlord! And – I can work just as well from the same ‘virtual machine’ from across the street or 40 miles away back in Glasgow! – I simply type a particular IP into my browser and log on via remote desktop!
Has Eyelash sacked Angie?
Go you! Fanny, your forename is very apt, as you clearly have hidden depths. These bastards may take our lives, they may take our freedom, but they’ll never take our ginger pussycats!
The result of chaotic empty lives who blame exterior world for interior world disharmony.Their problems and solutions lie far closer to home than they are willing or dare to look.
The haze of self medication adds fuel to this unproductive mal direction as does the mutual feeding and false confirmation of others in the failed bipeds community.
Commonly most decay and self destruct prematurely and proceed towards end of life isolation and basically talking to themselves.
The dangerous aspect for innocents going about their daily lives trying to get safely from A to B is that on occasions the circumstances combine such that an individual acts in the real world to harm or destroy false enemies.
Rupert in particular reveals signs of being a genuine candidate for such violent resolution and those tasked with responsibilty for such matters need to act unequivocally to ensure opportunity is denied.
Oh and make sure her majesties peas are wrongly aligned with carrots just for the sheer hell of it. MUHAHAHAHA
Do we have to bring families into this? I’m an ex Virginia resident and made enquiries too and got a different picture than this one. Besides aren’t we acting like Hoaxtenders when we start involving peoples families? I was disgusted when RD’s mother and grandmother were featured and personally think Rupert’s long suffering parents should be left out of this. His mother may (in our view) be misguided when she supports him, but she obviously doesn’t understand the issues and if she were able to sit down and talk to Hampstead mums she might change her mind quickly when she hears what they’ve been through.
Personally I think Rupert is on track with his unconscious agenda to trash the family name – or maybe he’s too dope adled to know what he’s doing. What I’m getting at though is the fact that it’s hard to get a full picture on the net and from reports of someone who knows someone.
crazy mf says:
How sure are You that this Man is his Dad?
Rupert thinks that Ella went to the police and seems to have no idea that Abe’s brother in law was the one who reported it. Ella then had no choice but to go to the police. They called her in and she had to go. Fact checking Rupert! The first thing you do is read everything and not just the accounts that confirm your biases.
I’m intrigued, Fnord! Where have you heard that?
To be honest, i don’t think Eilish has that kind of clout. It would be up to Mel and Biggy to do the hiring and firing. It wouldn’t surprise me if Eilish has fallen out with her, though. That’s been on the cards since Angie started spouting all that heartless bollocks about Max Spiers and his family literally within hours of his death being announced.
Meanwhile, there is another intriguing tidbit about Angie’s “employment” at CCN which EC and others are looking into, so watch this space!
Well, not this space exactly (that would be silly) but a space somewhere up ^thataway^ 😀
Jimmy Jones says:
Sabine ist so dick wie Scheiße
MKD have made a good point about the crime number. I’ve asked Angie for this on several occasions, to prove she isn’t bullshitting. But answer comes there none. Mainly because she IS bullshitting.
You can report material such as:
articles, images, speeches or videos that promote terrorism or encourage violence
content encouraging people to commit acts of terrorism
websites made by terrorist or extremist organisations
videos of terrorist attacks
https://www.gov.uk/report-terrorism
Crimes committed against someone because of their disability, gender-identity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation are hate crimes and should be reported to the police.
Hate crimes can include:
threatening behaviour
inciting others to commit hate crimes
http://report-it.org.uk/your_police_force
That’s such a lovely thumbnail. It’s good to know that Catweazle and Oddjob are still finding work.
Big Earl says:
Yes take your point. Abe’s brother in law is a ‘special constable’ meaning a volunteer. I’ve speculated that they might have gone to him hoping he’d give evidence in family court and they didn’t expect him to go to Scotland Yard. I think he told the Police he thought the children should be taken into ‘care’ for their own safety and seeing as they were with Abe and Ella at the time that speaks volumes. Someone correct me if I got this wrong.
Well said Joe Kerr, spot on
I remember someone posted on this blog Ruperts old Youtube channel and he was totally different from how he presents himself now. He was quite the posh boy sitting down trying to look intellectual while listening to someone playing violin to him. He was still as pathetic as he is now
Rupert @ 8:18 – “That’s all I gotta say about that.”
No it isn’t, Rupert. You haven’t fucking shut up about it since!
I hope Steffi has a sit down and thinks about what Gabriella told her about Angie. Angie certainly isn’t a friend of hers. Angie just used Steffi as entertainment for herself and Rupert, what a cruel twisted thing to do to somebody.
Two more new ones from MKD:
Yes Fnord we do…… VERY much so. Bear in mind we have genuine Journalists and actual Police Officers at hand here. Calls were made and information sought about this worthless little guttersnipe at an early stage….
The difference between the Hampstead residents (including Dearman) and the Quaintances, is that they are completely innocent people who did absolutely nothing to precipitate any of this…. Let’s also not forget that the people whose lives he is threatening to wreck and the children whose minds he is about to forever-sully with his perverted filth are families too….. And unlike him and his, they really-are complete innocents.
This is a hoax perpetrated by a pervert and drug dealer. It’s already wrecked lives and harmed innocent children. And now this sub-human pervert manchild is issuing to do further harm? Lest we forget that one of Rupert’s Key defenders is his God-damned psycho-bitch of a Mother! That woman is every bit as bad as her son and has proven herself so – she’s actually threatened to turn firearms on people; and by any sane measure that could only be the rhetoric of a psychopath…. And PULEEZEEE don’t make the ‘different culture’ excuse. The apple, quite obviously, didn’t fall far from a very rotten tree here!
Long suffering parents my arse; they’re the source of the problem!!
The notion that this is some ‘little misunderstanding’ or ‘difference of opinion’ that can be settled with a discussion is insane! If Rupert’s Mother had a decent and/or honest bone in her body, she’d firstly admit to herself what an utter disgrace and failure of parenting her offspring is. THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF AGE – acting like a slow-witted (I’m reluctant to use the word ‘retarded’ but maybe it’s better-understandable in American parlance) teenager….. Irrefutably a drug-abuser….. Threatening to desecrate churches, invade schools, disrupt the lives of innocent law-abiding people…
She’s defending him; and encouraging him to live the life of a scrounging drug-addicted con artist. That’s not “misguided” – she’s quite obviously as stupid and evil as he is!
Likewise – Rupert ‘fannybaws’ Quaintance IV is his Father’s Son; if the Quaintances are such ‘nice’ people then THEY need to reign their ill-bred stray dog in. He’s THEIR responsibility and the product of THEIR up upbringing. They’ve produced a manchild? Rupert hasn’t grown up? Aww shame! Then they’ve failed to date and need to exercise the discipline they should have done when he was an actual child; that or they disown him….
Instead the Quaintance family are actively supporting this filthy beast, which makes them very-much part of the problem…. BIG contrast there between them and the Dearmans.
The picture we have here – and at some point somebody might just choose to run with the evidence – is of a dysfunctional family that thinks it can use its money to buy and/or bully their way out of trouble. Their ‘good reputation’? Bought and paid for, not earned. And as fragile as a two-bob china dog! – That’s WHY their middle-aged failure of a drug addicted son is the way he is.
No. Sorry. the Quaintances aren’t the ‘nice respectable people’ they might like to be portrayed as; they’ve had this moron running loose for nigh-on forty years; he’s a middle-aged man. And they’re actively defending the indefensible….. Part of the problem.
We are being spoilt by Hands Off Hampstead and McKenzies Devils.
We’ve seen that too AF. That was when he was trying to ‘bludge’ his way through life off the family connections. He got as far as getting a clerk’s job at a Hotel where he remained ’till quite recently. But basically he’s been a waster and non-achiever all his life.
What happened Rupert?
His family were traced and public records accessed….. If you have some evidence that this isn’t the ‘real’ Rupert Quaintance IV then please present it. Otherwise, I’m afraid he ties in with birth and employment records and is ‘known’ in the area he claims to come from.
They’re all hooked up on Farcebook.
Abrascam Crusty says:
Fnord, no one’s involved families. Rupert’s mum and dad were only mentioned above in response to the question about whether Rupert was using his real name and nothing derogatory was said.
Meanwhile, Rupert’s mother has involved herself by trolling various Hoaxtead Research associates on Farcebook, making several anti-British comments, applauding and encouraging her son’s disgraceful antics and threatening to shoot Gabriella Barney, so forgive me if I’m not oozing with sympathy for her.
I’m confused – in his radio show on Saturday, Rupert claimed never to have had a paid job in his life.
Nice find, AP.
So Rupert was already on the fiddle long before he met Angie, then.
No HOH…. Someone else has the detail, but he worked for some years in a kind of ‘low rate’ hotel as a bookings clerk. – I think there was also some trace of him working in a music shop; drum store to be precise….. Possibly in Florida IIRC? But much of his life has been spent as a bum basically; and that’s been indulged by his parents.
Lmao, this is the guy who brags about how tough he is. He ain’t fooling anybody with his trash talk.
What’s this video? Threats of violins as opposed to threats of violence.
Here’s the little bum proving he can’t play drums….
Rupert-the-stick fell(ate)s a tree.
I always thought he was bit of a beaver
Hahaha, nice one, AF!
“Violins, not violence” could become a great peace-rallying slogan along the lines of “Make love, not war”…
I wonder if Angie’s let him pluck her G-string yet.
Poor old Rupert – stumped again.
The, brainless drug-addled twat is still trying to talk tough to cover up the fact that he’s just a spoilt GILF-shagging pussy:
HOH I think he said he hadn’t had a salaried job in his life.
He probably got paid weekly.
Jesus Christ what a cretin the is Quaintance is. Did his “research”?. The mother went to the police. Not true. And “Jimmy Seville in Hempstead”? Anyone know who this Jimmy Seville is? What a fuckwit.
Keep the pressure up on this goon as he is clearly rattled.
LOL! 😀
Get used to those handcuffs, Neelu! With all these restraining order breaches, you should be wearing them again soon.
And isn’t it good to see that Angie has her finger on the pulse of current affairs, as always:
Good to know that pretend journalism degree hasn’t gone to waste 😀
So Rupert Bear is in reality a nerd (apologies to all reasonable nerds) and Macho Kung Fu Panda Rupert is a recent invention. Explains a lot.
Quaintance’s desperate repressions of his inner fears have now surfaced.
Who is more desperate- Rupert or Angie ?..pass the sick bag Alice..please don’t answer that.
And did Macho Rupert find her G-Spot?.
Oh stop it, now you are just being wicked.
Thanks for the info’, JK.
And oh my God, that drumming is appalling! 😮
It must be something in the water in that neck of the woods (chem trails?).
Poor Steffi thinks the Muslim is coming to take her pig.
When “The Muslims” invade the Ozarks you can be sure the safest beings will be pigs.
But I saw Deliverance and I think the pig’s real enemies may be the locals.
Poor Neelu can’t help herself.
She’s quick old Angie isn’t she? Probably took her this long to get her head straight after getting stoned with Rupert.
Looking at Rupert’s old videos, I prefer the ‘Love Police’ Rupert. Though i’m not sure standing around with a cardboard sign saying “Everything is OK”, in response to a young woman being brutally murdered, is the appropriate response.
Not sure he came across as a young Mike Tyson either.
Interesting. If she and Sabine were such fast friends, you’d think Angie would have known almost immediately. Bears out the info I’ve received lately about a major split amongst the driving forces behind the hoax.
Hmmm, that comment is just ‘Greek’ to me! I can’t see whether him being Gay or Straight makes any difference….. He’s certainly not ‘normal’ in that he parades about dressed and acting like a slow-witted teenage boy. And I for one am of the opinion that’s part of a ‘Pied Piper’ act. I’m aware of another American Paedophile who behaved similarly (still does I think). – I can’t see who his demeanour would be attractive to except a child. He definitely seems inadequate in that he would be repellent to any normally-adjusted adult. – But his sexual orientation is nothing to do with anything.
For the record: The above is a response to a homophobic comment that has now disappeared.
Yes, I removed the original comment as I didn’t feel it’s appropriate.
It certainly wasn’t. I sense an agenda to either lead us up a garden path or get a ‘rise’ out of people that Rupert would then manipulate….. Ain’t gonna happen Rupey.
Joe your sense of agenda are figment of poor imagination. calling me homophobic is stupid and irresponsible because i was questioning the gender of Rupert and NOT attacking homosexuals.
.And there are questions that rises about various comments appearing in this blog
Madness continues on Neelu’s FB page with court transcripts:
“Judge Worsley: Who is Lotus princess?
Ruth Munro: My client ” lol
and on this website :
http://comedycourt.webs.com/millenium-trial
I do not believe the material was obtained legally but rather by someone recording in the court. I believe Neelu Berry should be asked how she obtained this transcript as she has been agitating for $10K plus for the court transcript. It’s just not logical that she could have raised the money in this time.
More contempt of court?
My sources advize efforts were made to channel young Ruperts erratic behaviour during his formative years but his parents couldnt cope with his masturbation at dinner parties and eventually decided to release him into the wild.Here is some rare footage from the Quaintance family archive before it all went wrong.
Reminds me of Jason Manford’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ series, which I absolutely love.
You say that comment was “Greek to me”, JK. Where’s Yannis when we need him?
Yannis Emmanouilidis says:
Εδώ είμαι. τι θέλετε πείτε μου.
This has been covered before, Sam – it’s not a transcript but a write-up of Neelu’s handwritten notes taken at the time.
Here I am . Who called me? lol
OMG, one of Steffi’s monkeys has escaped! Call the rozzers!
Hahaha, that was way too quick, Yan. People will think you’re me now, lol.
Mind you, the hoaxers have often alleged that I’m you anyway 😀
Lets admit It you is me and me is you (hands off hamstead
Also according to few Ricky Dearman is my best Mate comes to my house, we make few movies, together then we go to US on Holiday. So if Ricky reads this Mate you owe me a holiday.
Neelu has said that this material is the result of her dictating her notes into a voice-to-text online programme. I believe she was taking copious notes during the trial, but reading her version here it’s very clear that she was watching the proceedings from the Planet Zog. Possibly another universe, even. It would be funny if it weren’t sad.
It’s not the first time Rupert has caused problems “on air”. I found this on http://nformd.yolasite.com
“Now we will address Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV, Rupert was a host on Nformd for several months, there was a slow downward spiral with Rupert where he began drinking heavily while on air. On Sept. 6th 2010, Rupert had Charlie Veitch on for an interview, Toward the end of the interview Ziggy was able to jump on air and began attacking Charlie about how she had gotten him a lawyer back when he was arrested in Canada and that she was very upset that he disrespected her by finding another lawyer. That evening, Rupert had came on air, very drunk and began attacking several of the NFormd hosts, including myself. That evening we decided it would be best if Rupert take a break from NFormd. Within days he was being aired on “ITS”. More recently we found out that Rupert’s father is actually employed by DISA, a branch of the Department of Defense.”
Oh dear, Rupert… 😀
Looks like it’s not the first time Rupert has caused problems “on air”, I found this online:
Now we will address Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV, Rupert was a host on Nformd for several months, there was a slow downward spiral with Rupert where he began drinking heavily while on air. On Sept. 6th 2010, Rupert had Charlie Veitch on for an interview, Toward the end of the interview Ziggy was able to jump on air and began attacking Charlie about how she had gotten him a lawyer back when he was arrested in Canada and that she was very upset that he disrespected her by finding another lawyer. That evening, Rupert had came on air, very drunk and began attacking several of the NFormd hosts, including myself. That evening we decided it would be best if Rupert take a break from NFormd. Within days he was being aired on “ITS”.More recently we found out that Rupert’s father is actually employed by DISA, a branch of the Department of Defense.”
I found the above here: http://nformd.yolasite.com/nformd-blog/absolute-fabrication
Whatever quality genetic stock the Quaintance family may proudly consider they have inherited through the ages their latest progeny provides ample evidence that idiotism figures significantly in the mix.
MKDevils latest fare.
As for Sabine, did she really think she could get away with breaching the RO by typing in her native language? haha.. well done to the sharp-eyed reader who found it!
Yes, we love our readers! 🙂
The hoax is dead. Its official.
I meant ‘sacked’ as in no longer friends. It says in the post above that there are people who no longer want anything to do with Angie and that includes Eyelash….t’was news to me.
Rupert playing at being a Rothschild…
Unfortunately none of us know exactly what Sabine was arrested for last week – It might be a separate unrelated matter.
I do hope that the Police and CPS act quickly with regards the post Sabine made on her German blog (as identified by EC at the start of this post)
If you look at the post of Sabine you will see a link to a YouTube video, that ends with a page of links to old posts about the hoax.
The order states:
Sabine’s post is clearly in breach of the restraining order against her last month. As such she faces a possible prison sentence
The page of links in Sabine’s German post
Just in case Sabine now decides to delete the page, its now archived on Wayback Machine.
The videos are also saved and archived…..
Hopefully the Police have done the same
Why do we bother, LOL?
Ooh, we’ll have to arrange a reception committee made up of some of those nice boys and girls in blue. The trolling bitch will probably have her creepy toy boy in tow – two birds, one stone.
I’ve just noticed that Angela has removed her illegal post showing the children’s names and faces and the usual libel. We’ve got these biatches rattled, folks! 😀
Thanks, Jake, Nice find! And you’ll be pleased to know I’ve posted a screenshot of your comment to both Rupert and Angela.
Indeed, Yannis! I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together 😀
What happened to Rupert? He went bald. Massive narcissistic injury.
There are some nice little moments dotted throughout this show (including fumbling, rambling, pregnant pauses, “technical hitches” and embarrassingly loud burps – so professional, Roops!). Rupert is clearly drunk. Or just blindingly incompetent.
Oh and he admits to having taken MDMA.
And there’s a nice little confrontation between Veitch and “Ziggy” at 39 minutes.
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On Tuesday while Neelu’s courtroom drama was playing out, another hearing was held at Southwark Crown Court, this one to determine whether Sabine McNeill’s trial date should be brought forward to August (as Angela has been claiming it already has).
We are most grateful to Wesley Hall for kindly posting Belinda’s summary of the hearing, as we weren’t able to attend.
Of course, despite an informative lede, Belinda was unable to resist rampant editorialising. She claimed that the fix was in, the whole thing had been pre-decided, and so forth, based on the fact that on the same day that the court made its decision, Belinda received a letter from an entirely different court (Westminster Mags) about the bail security money which she and Tracey Morris scrambled to raise on Sabine’s behalf.
But of course, in the mind of the troofer, there is no such thing as coincidence. [insert exaggerated eye-roll]
Sabine not present in court
Belinda reports that Sabine was not present “on account of being unwell”…though it seems that there was more to this than met the eye, as we shall learn: As it turned out, Sabine was not so much “unwell” as “not bloody feeling like going to court that day”.
We do wonder whether this has anything to do with Belinda’s previous reports about Sabine being unable to acquire certain necessities of life, such as Vaseline for her lips and bicarbonate of soda for her digestive issues.
Belinda makes a weak attempt to claim that her friend was saving tax-payers’ money by sulking in prison rather than attending her own hearing, but when viewed next to the expense of a several-months’ long remand followed by a three-week trial, a short van ride to and from court seems a rather paltry saving.
Apparently Belinda appreciates our brilliant genealogical research skillz, though, so that’s something. (Hint to Belinda: genealogy is a fascinating and educational hobby, and might yield you more enjoyment than mucking about in other people’s lives. Just a thought. Plus you have to admit, your family’s history is pretty interesting.)
‘They are wealthy enough to sue me for every penny I still possess’
As for the idea that those that the Hoaxtead mobsters have persecuted for the past three years could afford to sue her, let’s ask that another way: if the parents, teachers, social workers, police officers, and small business operators of Hampstead could have afforded to initiate lawsuits, why would they not have done so by now?
In fact, we don’t think we’re speaking out of turn if we reveal we’ve been told that the police advised the dozens of people who’d been attacked out of the blue to rely upon the police rather than attempt to launch lawsuits. We understand that they were informed that it would not only be less costly—an important consideration for the vast majority of the accused—but also more efficient.
Sadly, this proved not to be the case, at least for the first two years of the hoax. Instead of making arrests and laying charges of harassment, malicious communications, violations of court orders, and so forth, the police naïvely adopted a strategy of visiting the prime movers of the hoax and requesting nicely that they cease and desist.
This had approximately the same degree of effect as farting against thunder.
Belinda’s description of her own friendly police visit was apparently not atypical, though we must say that the detail about someone potentially “arranging an accident” for her sounds very much a post facto invention. Perhaps it was prompted by whatever tattered shreds of conscience remain to her? Hard to say.
Belinda writes that she told the visiting police officer:
“Tell those angry people I can’t retract my allegations as there are no allegations to retract! There may be suspicions but suspicions carry even less weight than unfounded or unsubstantiated allegations! And the reason for the suspicions is YOUR, X Police’s failure to carry out proper forensics in this case. THAT is why the suspicions still hang around and THAT is why the people battering away at you are angry, because YOU lot didn’t investigate, therefore THEIR names have not been cleared – they could be INNOCENT AS THE DRIVEN SNOW!” is more or less what I threw back at this beleaguered policeman, clearly dying to appease the 30 Very Angry People in order to be able to enjoy his summer holiday with some measure of peace-of-mind.
Was I supposed to feel sorry for this poor police officer and ease his mind by complying with his suggestion?? It was a really quite surreal situation as I had no doubt that the Angry People, some of whom had already spotted me in the street or in the children’s playground of my local park and had made a fearful scene! undoubtedly frightening any children within range, were Very Angry Indeed so I could well imagine what this hapless police officer could have been going through and I did feel stirrings of sympathy for him at the time… just hope PS you did manage to switch off from the nightmare and enjoy your holiday!
“30 Very Angry People”? But not a paragraph before, didn’t Belinda note that there were “some 70–80 aggrieved people”?
Perhaps, as her claims of fearing for her life grow, her recollection of the number of people whose lives she’d helped damage shrank.
And split hairs as she might after the fact, on various occasions Belinda did claim that those 70–80 people, along with RD, had committed some very foul crimes against their own children. If she’d like, we can provide her with chapter and verse. (Perhaps she could relay the request through Wesley?)
As for the angry people who spotted her in the street or in the park, we have heard about the 2015 incident, and find it shocking that Belinda would be surprised at the reception she received. We thought the parent in question was quite restrained, in the circumstances.
Perhaps if Belinda doesn’t want her grandchildren frightened and her own children embarrassed in public by irate people who’ve had their families, careers, and peace of mind destroyed by her and her followers’ lies and machinations, she might wish to rethink the entire “let’s start a Satanic ritual abuse hoax” scenario, and keep her well-manicured fingers out of other people’s lives.
As we say, genealogy can be a very fulfilling hobby.
12/07/2018 in Belinda McKenzie. Tags: Belinda McKenzie, court order, Hampstead hoax, police investigation, prison, remand in custody, Sabine McNeill, trial, Wesley Hall
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78 thoughts on “No change in Sabine’s trial date: Belinda”
No such thing as 30 angry people. You see 30 angry people have parents, siblings, aunts and uncles. They have friends and neighbours. I’d say the number of angry people goes into the 100’s. I think it’s unusual that Belinda et al haven’t been shouted at in the street more often.
Bumped off? Who’s she kidding? This isn’t the cast of Rosemary’s Baby, nor is it the mafia. It’s ordinary, everyday people who’d like a bit of justice please. What was done to them and is still being done to RD and his children is disgusting and it has to stop and it seems the only way to stop it is to get these ‘obsessional, delusional, irrational and odd’* accusers into Court.
*Quote from Sabine and Neelu’s trial.
If people actually did want some accident to befall Belinda then why hasn’t it happened? Perhaps it is because it is just another lie amongst many others to fall out of Belinda’s mouth?
Were Belinda and Sabine worried about children while plotting to send Barbie dolls covered in red nail polish to symbolize blood through the doors of Hampstead residents? Sabine just quit moaning, will you? You aren’t special and you don’t deserve to be treated any different to your fellow prisoners. I imagine your fellow inmates would be quite happy to see you sent off to the segregation block for a while.
So…no lawsuits, no bumping off (despite people obviously knowing where she lives and how to find her), and only one known incident of an angry victim shouting at her whilst she was in a playground three years ago. That plus a visit from a too-deferential police officer who did little more than ask her nicely to please stop bothering her neighbours…I’d say her stories of persecution are vastly overstated.
It almost seems like Belinda has just been making stuff up doesn’t it?
“It’s ordinary, everyday people who’d like a bit of justice please.”
Yes, exactly. The sad thing is that those who accept Belinda’s lies holus bolus don’t bother to question her allegations that the people she gets them to target are “elites” or “wealthy”. For some people, hatred of those who they think have more than they do seems to come naturally, so it serves her purposes to paint the people of Hampstead as over-privileged rich people. Her mobsters won’t bother to sit back and think for a moment that teachers, social workers, police officers, cobblers, etc. are generally nowhere near wealthy. They do as she suggests, like the obedient sheep they are.
Gosh, do you really think so? 😉
Why do Belinda’s minions ignore her connections to convicted paedophiles?
Perish the thought EC. Belinda wouldn’t do a thing like that, she’s a highly respected woman. 🤣
Thanks for this update, EC. Who needs Eastenders?!
“Hint to Belinda: genealogy is a fascinating and educational hobby, and might yield you more enjoyment than mucking about in other people’s lives.”
…But whatever you do don’t ask Angie to show you the ropes or you’ll end up being related to everyone from Bertholt Brecht to Pee-wee Herman.
Belinda’s version of what happened when that police officer visited her has mutated over the years to suit her agenda. Am I right in recalling that she was originally quite positive about how nice he’d been? But then Tracey’s warped version came along and Belinda seems to have adopted it wholesale in a John Paterson revisionist stylee.
Shadow Person No.94 says:
This one’s going out to Lizzie Birdsworth in Wentworth a Miss McNeill in Ashford…
Yawwwwn…
Another day, another load of dot-joining lunacy from Catriona Selvester of the Fresh Start Foundation…
And she’s still making friends and influencing people, I see. She must have been taking lessons from Angie 😀
Oh Gawd, she’s already called and left a message…
“Sabine, who’s missing from Wandsworth prison”
What’s that about, lol?
Hedgehog Media says:
Uncanny!
Wild cat ? She’s about as wild as Larry Grayson drinking horlicks. Where does the demented tub of lard get the idea she’s wild ? Or a force to be reckoned with ? The fsf are a laughing stock with the grottiest website design ever, a complete inability to organise any meetings and tired old content they just hijack wholesale from other idiots. Sooner or later someone is going to use them in a prank and they’ll fall for it they’re so monumentally puddled.
“undoubtedly frightening any children within range”
She didn’t think of the children when those protesting at the church, making abusive phone calls and stalking the school were frightening any children within range.
Pot, kettle, black.
The Green Gobbler says:
Oh yeah, about that…
https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/search_people.php
“And split hairs as she might after the fact, on various occasions Belinda did claim that those 70–80 people, along with RD, had committed some very foul crimes against their own children. If she’d like, we can provide her with chapter and verse.”
Case in point:
The latest from Angela ‘I’ve stepped down from the Hampstead case’ Power-Disney:
Indeed what, Angie? Pull your knuckles off the floor and try a sentence
Angie struggles with long sentences. That might prove awkward…
Shift the Quail says:
OK, start the bullshit counter…
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=6qFYStH_Y9w
3:40 – “It appears that everything [RD] was accused of is somewhat true. It appears there was a coverup, it appears that the judge was compromised, There are a lot of things in that case lead you to believe that what the children said is true.”
Shame on you, Nathan. Shame on you 😦
Indeed..you can add in my couple (who have 2 kids) who were not accused or involved but were friends with a family who were among those “30 angry people” (more like 100s) but who themselves were extremely distressed to see their life long friends horribly accused and who of course were beside themselves with stress not knowing whether a brick may come through the window or if they may even have to move to ensure their children’s safety.
I loathe this Belinda McKenzie with a vengeance for the horrible distress she has caused so many innocent people. And they all have children but a sociopath like McKenzie would be ignorant to the fact children have hightened senses and can pick up when their parents are distressed.
And what a liar..no make that a what Fucking Liar this ghastly person is. In her published account she claims she hasn’t accused anyone but only had “suspicions” but she clearly then goes on to accuse all and sundry and you don’t need me to point out how she basically says the children’s (false) accounts derived by torture are true. In other words all thos epeople are guilty.
Belinda McKenzie: your viciousness is there for all to see but your absense of any self awaremness is extraordinary and is really quite unbelievable. You do however demonstrate that a privileged upbringing does not necessarily produce a person of good character . One can only imagine what grief you have cause innocent people over the years.
## Reading between the lines I would say that when she was visited by a policeman (who had the hide to then go on hoiliday) he was attempting to defuse a serious and dangerous situation and may have said that there were people who were very very angry at the nasty attacks upon them and that he cannot guarantee her safety as who knows what someone might do when they find their life unfairly turned upside down.
Like a true sociopath it’s all about McKenzie who offers not a single second of sympathy for the dozens of innnocent people caught up in the drama.
Is she worse than that other sociopath APD?. Yes, APD is really a joke but Belinda McKenzie has been the main driver of this lunacy.
Karma will visit her one day.
Sympathy for Sabine? At this stage- zilch.
(Mistakes caused by that slippery keyboard).
This could be worth looking into:
Kudos to Adam Smythe and Brigid, who appear to be doing a great job of setting the record straight about the hoax in the video comments
Props to this guy too:
I went shopping in Morrison’s yesterday. They were out of sugar free green jelly but did have a table of old books for charity at 50p a go.
I got sailing, by Edward Heath.
They didn’t have anything by Clift Richards, Michael winnalot or that johnny tarbuck fella (who once nicked a diamond encrusted cigarette holder out of dick dastardly’s dressing room.
I think the Incident when Heath crashed his boat into a bouy started the allegations about him. Simple misunderstanding.
As for muckendzy’s talk of wealthy teachers, social workers, cobblers, vicars and franchaise coffee and burger outlet staff who holiday in luxurious Abu Darby and can afford civil law suits and hitmen ? Utter balderdash. The woman’s an absolute wretch. She once whined about putting her life and her family in danger. 3 years on not so much as a fart in her general direction.
If the rancid old witch reads this blog I hope she’ll look forward to the reedited tributes I’m editing for release on youtube. Green skin really suits her.
Anyway gotta got, my yacht, morning glory, awaits me in aboo derby where I’ll be banqueting with my lawyers and top international contractors.
Somewhat true ? Does somewhat translate as Not at all ? Cover up ? If it was covered up why did the judge publish the courts findings and the media report on it ? Whackadoodle central.
Great investigation, if investigation means loading up conspiretard content and then stalking facebook. And of course, who wouldn’t want to support this limp noodle Muppet with a t shirt or mug at extortionate prices. This isn’t journalism, it belongs on a lavatory wall in a small town coach station.
What’s a good word for a malicious woemongering gossip who delights in vindictive defamation ?
“Angela”?
I really hate Nathan, the man is a fucking creep.
I’ve put together a folder of evidence from the comments on there:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DWJjoKC1BO6BurKPvnZuFkEvSBuWamOG
Here are some selected lowlights:
Moo Rants, 10.07.18:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oQD-ks6pTbBAXYPOhFI1d5kA-IezhiE5
I see that you have already covered the facts involving Neelu’s “political prisoner” friend Ashok Mahajan, who is banged up indefinitely as this is evidently the only way to stop him from throwing acid on random people.
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/neelus-version-post-truthiness-half-facts-and-lies/
Motzi sheim ra
Good description, mate. The creepy child abuser Malcolm Ogilvy’s a Stolpman fan, which says it all really.
https://archive.fo/Z2b4P
“where there are some 70 publicly-named and aggrieved suspected perpetrators, none of these angry and upset people appear to be clamouring for the police to re-open the investigation in order to clear their names or better still for a public inquiry to be set up for the same purpose, why not???”
I’m just guessing here, but it could be easier for the defamed individuals to call out the lying wastes-of-skin shitsacks who defamed them.
“I wonder how many times they have impregnated her”
That’s these child rape fantasists in a nutshell 😦
The Mystery Hopper says:
Where to start with this one!
Ooh, we’ve got a live one here. Down, girl! 😀
Don’t forget Princess Diana! Angie wears a plastic version of her engagement ring as a reminder of their closeness to one another, LOL.
Not only did Stolpman grass Ella up last year, but apparently he’s now done the same to the moron who claimed there was a “paedophile camp” in the US. Go, Nathan!
Angie’s been obsessed with that case and the guy who’s been pushing it, lol. Seriously, it’s bordering on a crush.
Well, Rupert went home, so…
Dorothy Joiner says:
Yeah but she has Arthur now.
Oh God, what an image. Retreating to my happy place…
It’s all kicking off in E17.
This has the lot. John Wedger; Operation Fernbridge (Elm Guest House); David Icke; Bill Maloney.
“I’m not a money person.” True, but those drugs didn’t buy themselves. Don;t do drugs kids.
“She’s about as wild as Larry Grayson drinking horlicks”. Nicking that one.
Or could it because the fucking High Court found the whole case was a fantasy and a fraud you vile creature!! (not you of course Smutty- you’re OK.)
Unbelievable comment about A&G:
There really just are not any words for people like this.
Surely he’s on a Disabilty Pension?. I feel sorry for him but it’s tempered by his promotion of Baloney.
The Esteemed Committe of The Koala Bear Awards (saloon bar) have awarded Neelu this rare honour, the first of it’s kind in the known Universe.
“Who needs Eastenders?!” when we have Bellenders.
Haha, i used to quite enjoy watching Prisoner Cell Block H. They had great character names,such as, The Freak and Vinegar Tits.
Those comments are from people that would consider themselves guardians of the world’s children.
Anyone posted a link to the knight foundation and Christopher Knight’s slywinking usery ? I thought truth matters
I don’t think he promotes Baloney anymore, it does seem as if he was conned into being involved, to make use of his name and possible fame potential, by bill, brenda & co…. I just wish he would put his evidence of the coerscion of that vulnerable guy forward in the right way.
Two years would be a start.
Or the fact that Nathan was the one who told us that Ella had “accidentally” accused her ex-husband, his wife, and her eldest son of being “cult members”. She even had the children state in in their never-to-be-questioned videos, and Abe repeated it in hushed tones to Jean-Clement Yaohirou…but last year Ella admitted it wasn’t true, and Nathan stated this on a video.
So…if the children both said it, and Abe said it, and Ella initially said it, but then changed her mind, what does this say about the infallibility of the kids’ videos?
At any rate, if someone were to defame Belinda McKenzie by inventing and publicising heinous accusations — that she’d taken part in rape, infanticide and cannibalism as part of an organised group of rapists / murderers / cannibalists — she would respond by asking the police to take them seriously, and to investigate her and all her friends, as publicly as possible.
Issy T. says:
I watched a documentary series about the Dóchas Centre, the women’s wing of Mountjoy Prison :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B3chas_Centre
The last thing I felt upon watching it was hopeful (Dóchas is Irish for hope)…the producers focused on a recidivist who was a chronic alcoholic who’s behaviour when imprisoned was infantile to say the least and I marveled at how patient the prison staff were. If I were employed as a prison guard there and if every prisoner was like that woman, I would totally turn into a less inhumanely cruel version of Irma Gries barking orders at them all to get real (I have a limited amount of patience).
Obviously prison is no place for any man or woman with substance abuse issues but I imagine Sabine must be keeping company with the same and it sounds like she has many issues herself because she appears to be behaving like an egotistical infant with no clue about reality and the great expectation of being adored regardless – such behaviour is absolutely acceptable if you are a tiny bundle of joy aged 0 – 2 1/2 but not aged 70+ when you’ll be rightly referred to as a megalomaniac.
Imagine choosing not to get out of bed rather than take responsibility for the consequences of your actions…she’s behaving like she’s already resigned to the fact she is guilty as charged and will accept whatever outcome of her trial by jury in November.
What happened to having the courage of your convictions Missus children’s rights activist?
Reading the account of the person who confronted bellender in Highgate Woods back in 2015 made me feel so proud of that individual…I don’t know who they are, I know nothing about them but I could totally relate to every single thing they recounted about their experience, except, so far, I have not actually confronted my particular bullies but have fantasised about confronting them head on in the manner that person managed to do….that person is my hero.
I feel like c&p-ing their story everywhere on the net as an example of how to exercise your autonomy and properly wrest control from horrible nasty bullies.
Bellender is simply a bully, APD is a bully….all of their consorts and cohorts are bullies to the extreme, keyboard warriors, arseholes, fuckwits, demented deranged yesteryear exhibits as inmates of Victorian age mental asylums trying so hard to recreate Bedlam in the modern age, if not, their way of being is similar to being sideshow freaks at a travelling circus….they are all utterly outrageous and disgusting.
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Saturday was Thomas Dunn’s birthday. By sheer coincidence it was also Adolf Hitler’s natal day, but of course that has nothing to do with Dunn.
Err, not much to do with him.
Dunn celebrated the day by gorging himself on his favourite breakfast comestibles, then taking to his bed to deliver a few “seig heils” of his own.
Aside from some hilarious chitchat about the helmet of salvation and the breastplate of self-righteousness (he takes a C cup, in case you were wondering), much of his rant was dedicated to railing against “the satanic underground cults, the paedophiles, the child rapists” who he believes inhabit the UK in general and Hampstead in particular.
“We cannot allow them to get away with this!” he screamed at one point, adding later, ““Every person who raped a child on Wednesday in Hampstead, you will bow before the king of kings!”
Apparently those who rape children on the other six days of the week get a free pass?
Plus frankly, if people are raping children (on any day of the week), wouldn’t it be preferable to have them arrested, tried, and sentenced to prison? Bowing before some über-king seems a bit lame, if we’re honest.
Dunn repeats the ‘white powder’ rumour
Dunn refers several times to the Hampstead children and a protected witness, and repeats the lie that the witness forced one of the children to sniff a white powder, which made him feel dizzy. It’s odd that we’ve been able to find no trace of the child actually saying this on any of the videos which Sabine McNeill released, though it did appear in some of her writings.
More to the point, in the medical examination, Dr Hodes (who sided with the mother regarding the sexual abuse allegations) stated she’d found evidence of THC, an active ingredient in cannabis, in the children’s hair samples. She said nothing about any other drug, including cocaine, which is what the “white powder” rumour seems to imply.
It’s pretty easy to determine where Dunn picked up the “white powder” rumour: his mentor, Angela Power-Disney, has mentioned it several times, including in a video interview with Jason Goodman of “Crowdsurfing the Truth”. [You’re sure that’s not ‘Crowdsourcing‘? Oh, never mind—Ed.]
Like much of what Dunn has parroted about the Hampstead hoax, it seems very unlikely that he has bothered to do any actual research himself, but has merely swallowed Angela’s lies and inaccuracies holus-bolus.
Threats against protected witness
Referring to a protected witness, Dunn shrieked,
“We think he’s living in California—is anybody concerned about this?
Is anybody concerned about the accused paedophile and rapist living in California?
FBI? Coming to my house? Does anybody care about this?
These people don’t quit until they’re forced to quit! I’m not saying that, the children said it. And they said it real good! I sure hope the FBI is watching this guy like a hawk.
This sounds an awful lot like a request to his deluded followers to hunt somebody down—something the FBI should probably know about, especially as they have already enraged Dunn by daring to turn up on his doorstep and ask him some questions about his previous threats.
Dunn’s response to this perceived insult is to shriek into the camera,
They’re censoring us and they’ve taken down our video of Ella. They want the truth censored. they’re calling the police on us and they’re calling the FBI on us but that only emboldens us to speak out more!
Hmm. Isn’t this the strategy Angela employed following last summer’s visit by the gardaí, when all her tech was removed for investigation? That worked like a bleedin’ charm, didn’t it?
Instead of informing her that they were coming to arrest those of us who’ve been pointing out her criminal activities for the past four years, the “friendly” gardaí told her a few weeks ago that the results of their investigation had been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, where a decision would be made as to whether to prosecute, and if so, what the charges would be. Angela responded to this, as we know, by going on a drinking binge, and finally checking herself into rehab—possibly the first sensible thing we’ve seen her do.
As for Dunn, while his helmet of salvation and breastplate of self-righteousness might help him out in his next cosplay adventure, we strongly suspect that they will be of no use whatsoever when the FBI next come to call.
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50 thoughts on “Tom Dunn: Following Angie in all things”
It’s great to see your new youtube channel up EC.
But just to make sure you understand: Youtube is not your friend.
I put some stuff up about Abe Christie that I think you would find very interesting. But Youtube deleted it. I have some other friends who put some other ‘interesting’ stuff up. That got deleted as well.
So just know that there are people watching your channel. Some of them can’t sub to you (they sub but they get deleted). Many of them can’t comment on your videos. It’s incredibly frustrating, and that is why I don’t use Youtube as a ‘platform’ any more.
They will allow you to exist within your own little echo chamber. They will also allow ‘trolls’ to abuse you. But if some people give real information, they will just delete what they have to say and cut out their tongues.
Youtube is cancer.
They give a voice to the mangelas and the dunces, but erase at source some of us with real information.
I only drop by now and again. There is no point in engaging with you. It all gets deleted. There are so many things you don’t know as well. But it’s a real task to get this information to you. Some of it might be valid, some of it rubbish. But it’s just getting it out there that is the real difficulty.
I’m seeing you covering stuff and coming around to stuff that we were trying to get out to you in the last six months past.
I realise this sounds a bit paranoid.
It’s late here.
Keep on doing what you’re doing. It’s making a difference all the same.
Really, what we have to say is not so earth shattering, but it’s the shutting down of lines of communication between us that is so utterly frustrating.
There are no ‘scoops about Ted Heath was a pedo, kind of thing, but more stuff like, xxx is a wrong un’, don’t waste your time on them. We see you go round in circles.
But you do come to the right conclusions eventually.
Youtube is not your friend. Just remember that.
‘…he takes a C cup, in case you were wondering’
If he can’t find a breastplate I believe Playtex still do a Wonderbra.
Thanks for the caution. Should you ever wish to contact me directly, you can use the “Contact us” box at the top of the blog—I receive emails directly from that, and they are not public to the blog.
I’m also trying to envision him in the helmet of salvation. It’s not a pleasant thought.
Is Dunny’s helmet of salvation what makes him such a dickhead? 🤔
“Angela responded to this by going on a drinking binge and finally checking herself into rehab”
Interestingly, she said she was going in for two weeks. It’s been nearly four so far 🤔
Hugh Mungus-Titzling says:
Thanks for letting us know, MC. I shall have to peruse their catalogue later. For educational purposes, you understand.
For anyone who missed this last night, it seems Devine’s not happy about losing his Facebook account (and being suspended from his four back-up accounts) and he’s blaming us for it – perish the thought 🤭🤐😇
Had to laugh at “there’s so many sockpuppet accounts on Youtube, it’s unreal”
Says the man with at least 5 accounts on Facebook and an unknown number on youtube….
(and really, an hour eight of him droning on about whatever pops into his vacuous mind…)
Remember less is more…
Yeah, it’s weird how he spends 8 hours a day telling us to “keep it simple, stupid”.
I don’t think sock puppets are a secret anymore. Didn’t Amazon cut down on fake reviews? For some reason the talk about bra cups made me think of “Judge” Rinder and the mankini* https://youtu.be/j2CbJvqe4cQ
Being more serious, Mr D seems to want to believe doctors when it suits him (I was thinking of AD here), for instance he wants to believe Dr Hodes although a different opinion was given later, but then he witters on about how good hemp is. (I know there have been some people who have said marijuana helps their pain but I’m not sure it’s a good idea for it to be dispensed willy-nilly).
* Not a real judge – I think the cases are real but they are for entertainment, not legally binding.
Joe Friday says:
I’m fascinated that Dunn was visited by the FBI. We have that in common. My visit was in 1977 in a New York hotel after I “passed” a counterfeit $5 note in the Deli.
I can’t tell you how polite and nice the 2 agents were. All they wanted to do was track down the source of my note which happened to be a bank a few hours earlier ( US dollars must be the easiest in the world to copy).
In fact one agent phoned me the following day to confirm what I said and to thank me for “my co-operation”.
I bet if I wasn’t innocent I’d have been on their radar for the the next few months I was in the US.
The FBI are legendary for their manner which is always professional & polite when dealing with so-called “civilians” (thank the alleged cross dressing J.Edgar Hoover for that).
If Dunn was visited over Hoaxstead he’s really fooling himself if he thinks he’s now not on the FBI radar. There is a method to the politeness of the FBI. It disarms those they really suspect of illegality as they probe even deeper. (ask anyone from the Mafia who tremble when they hear the FBI is showing interest.)
He’s FBI visit is the best news I’ve heard for yonks.
Few grammar mistakes there & I’m sober !!!
Mr. D? Do you mean Dunn or Devine?
I thought it was three months?
By Mr D I meant Mr Devine but then I realised Tom Dunn is also a Mr D which was why I said AD the next time. Tinribs, I can proofread other peoples’ writing wonderfully, my own not so well.
I just had a thought (though I daresay others have had the same thought previously) but if people who contribute to this blog really had the powerful connections opposing voices believe them to have wouldn’t the opposing views have been shut down by now? And I mean, really shut down, not banned from social media platforms for a few day (and even that hasn’t been achieved easily from what I can make out).
Also, why do folk think “Hoaxtead” is a group? I have commented here sometimes over the past few months but I don’t belong to a “group”. I don’t even live in London. Personally I’d run a mile if anybody tried to involve me in Satanism*. The only people I’ve seen comment here who might have a link thus are HH and SV (and I’m not sure how much they are leg-pulling) and one is in the USA and the other in Australia so how the heck would anybody think they would be coming to Hampstead to take part in a group? Well, Concorde was a fast plane but it’s been discontinued.
* Though there are some nutters on YouTube who think Catholics worship Lucifer. In the service I attended on Sunday we renewed our baptismal vows and renounced Satan and all his works.
Possibly but her blog post said a few weeks:
https://angelascaches.org/last-post-for-a-few-weeks-satanic-ritual-abuse
To be honest, she probably said both. She’s another one who changes her stories more often than her underwear.
Interesting points there, CAW.
One thing – James definitely isn’t leg-pulling. He’s very serious about his religion and it means a great deal to him.
Joe Friday's cat and part-time typist says:
Yeah but I’m not. Hic 🍷
Devine is live on YT now. I can’t link it, though, as the children and their father have been named.
Facts Over Fiction says:
I’m not holding my breath…
Oh right, it was that cave-dwelling wackadoo who said three months.
@Liz Wales
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/new-evidence-shows-ella-failed-polygraph-test
Well: this is surprising. Just received from Praterson….
Not sure what has made him suddenly decide that both Finchley Road and Hampstead are hoaxes. There really is no telling what goes on in his mind.
Fred Fintstone says:
Hey, don’t drag me into this!
MouseAnnony says:
The idea that Roman Catholics are actually (if not knowingly) worshipping Lucifer is older than nutters on YouTube. C.H. Spurgeon saw Rome as the place where Satan’s seat was.
https://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/Spurgeon.On.Catholicism.html
Read all that sort of crap in the FIEC (Fellowship (sic) of Independent Evangelical Churches) newspaper back in the 70’s too – my ex’s parents, and her too, attended an FIEC “church”. And of course ecumenicalism is Satanism in disguise, too.
Depressing, or what.
“By their fruits you shall know them”……
Syntax not simtex. So funny.
Though there are some nutters on YouTube who think Catholics worship Lucifer.
I can confirm that that is not true. In addition to the yearly renouncing I’m also a godfather to a niece and a nephew so have an extra two pro bono renouncings under my belt. Although I am a bit of a goth and I am enjoying season two of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
I also should admit that I was a bit surprised when our local Easter services went ahead. Neelu had assured everyone in February that the Pope was going to make an announcement and the Catholic Church was closing down for good in March. Still the internet is a bit slow in my parish, so I’ll await the news to finally arrive at some point.
HartyJay says:
Wow has he turned on the dark side and come to his senses, that doesn’t ring true imo but I hope he has
It was hard to keep track of Andy’s lies in that broadcast, not to mention those of his idiotic supporters in the chat.
Great fruitloop quote from him, mind:
“You keep that truth from not getting out and I’ll keep that truth from getting out.”
I think that’s unlikely; more probably he is (as usual) confused. 🙂
That one was definitely a classic.
There’s a good’un in this one too, from this rather irate Australian gentleman – “You arseholes are causing mental health.”
By the way, he totally loses it with MKD at 12:52.
Devine was saying it was EC who put out the rumour that Abe sold hemp, lol. Then when Steve Douglas and I pointed out that it came from Abe himself, he switched to asking what’s wrong with selling hemp! Strawmen-R-Us 😀
Oh and he’s claiming that we said Ray Savage doesn’t exist! 🙄
And there was me thinking that Cat cared about children…
Meanwhile, her bid to get arrested continues apace:
What’s a pertner? 🤔
Deinve @ 35:20 – “If you are hurting children, you all deserve killing, mate.”
You’re basing your statement and belief that there is a mind that works for anything to actually “go on”.
And just when you thought he couldn’t get any more desperate, he’s now sharing old Chris Everard videos to support his Hampstead allegations 😂
Why is it, when I see “The Cat” insult “the Hoaxsted twats” and so forth, I automatically hear this Eddie Izzard live stand up in my head (remembering when he was younger).
And actually you can get away with anything! I mean, John Major got away with a very good one just recently, he was talking about civil service, and there was a reporter that came out saying it was very wasteful or whatever, and Major said, “If you don’t think that civil service is the best in the world… then you should!” Kind of a dodgy argument there, you know… “Then you should.” I remember when I was five, going, “You smell… ‘cause you do! You’re a twit… ‘cause you are!” (rolling eyes) “Then you should!”
And she STILL hasn’t responded to EC’s offer of a live Q&A session. Seems “The Cat” is a pussy after all.
Not much of a lady is she lol defending abe Christie aswell this chick would make the devil blush doesn’t she know dr hemp has got a few skeletons in the cupboard or does she choose not to believe them lol some ppl smh
True. Foolish moi.
Yes, when children of rich people die, it’s okay by her. Apparently.
Does she not realise that no matter how much money that man has, he will never be able to buy back the lives of his children?
Yes, she’s been flirting with Christie the child torturer—it’s sickening to watch tbh.
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Anime Review [Article Category]
Sci-Fi Anime [Genres]
Episodes : 24
Genre : Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance
Airing Date : Apr 2011 – Sept 2011
Producers : Frontier Works, White Fox, FUNimation
Steins;Gate Preview / Plot (No Spoilers)
Steins;Gate tells us the story of the 18 years old university student Okabe Rintarou, who calls himself Hououin Kyouma. Acting like and proclaiming himself a mad scientist watched by a mysterious organization, he is also the founder of the so-called Future Gadget Research Laboratory set up in a small studio where he spends most of his time with his fellow companions. His childhood friend, Shiina Mayuri, and the otaku hacker, Hashida Itaru. There, the two guys usually try to create revolutionary gadgets that turn out to be weird and kind of useless tools. All while Mayuri does pretty much all the house chores and takes care of them.
Their peaceful lives will be shaken down after Okabe discovers the dead body of Makise Kurisu, at a scientific meeting he was attending. Even more so by the fact that one of their inventions, the Phone Microwave, appears to allow them to send texts to the past. The experimentations with this tool will have more repercussions than they could have imagined causing fundamental alterations in the present, putting their lives at stake.
Who does Steins;Gate cater to?
Who would enjoy Steins;Gate? Well anybody that would be even remotely interested in time travel stories. Anybody that likes science-fiction and thrillers. Anybody that enjoys a great storyline with serious dilemmas and a complex development. Or just somebody that likes when an anime makes you laugh, but is also able to rip your heart... many times.
Steins;Gate is a masterpiece, highly praised and regarded by many as a model for any time travel-related stories. So basically, if you read this article until here and never watched this anime, I can assure you that it is for YOU!
What's so appealing about this piece of work.
Its time travel storyline, based on solid rules, differentiates Steins;Gate from many other time travel stories. Many of them just confuse you or have elements which don’t make sense, which causes contradictions between different periods of time. Yet in Steins;Gate, everything is well defined with the help of strict rules that makes the story easier to follow and perfectly fitting all together.
Added to that, the development of each characters showing proper characteristics and are all very interesting. You can especially find a believable love triangle, one that leaves you unable to know for sure how it would end until the very last minute.
To resume, this anime will lead you through a lot of various feelings between laughs and tears. It will also make you think about the impact you can have on the present by changing the past. As well as how much the time traveller’s sanity can be affected.
Steins;Gate anime trailer:
Steis;Gate Main Characters List
Okabe Rintarou
Voice Actor :Miyano Mamoru
Okabe Rintarou, also called Okarin by his two friends Itaru and Mayuri, is the main protagonist of the story. Self-proclaimed mad scientist under the name of Hououin Kyouma, he often appears paranoid and delusional, acting or believing he is watched by a secret organization by talking about it to himself on his mobile phone. He also shows lots of arrogance, but behind all of those traits Okabe cares a lot about his friends and would do anything to protect them. He is basically the kind of character that hides behind extravagant stories to avoid showing his feelings.
Hashida Itaru
Voice Actor :Seki Tomokazu
Known as Daru by almost everybody in the anime, he is friends with Okabe since High School. He appears as a stereotype otaku, overweight, spending all his time in front of the computer playing games in their lab and loving all kinds of 2D or 3D girls. He often asks Mayuri or Kurisu to act like maids because he's a huge fan of Faris, the most popular waitress at the Mayqueen Nyannyan maid café. Besides this, he has excellent computer skills with both recent and old machines, and shows great hacking abilities.
Shiina Mayuri
Voice Actor :Hanazawa Kana
Mayuri is the optimist of the group, most of the time happy, smiling and talking in a singing way. Like when she announces her arrival with a “tutturu” sound. She is Okabe’s childhood friend and the one always taking care of the others. Even though she doesn’t really understand complicated theories, as she is kind of simple and naive, it doesn’t disturb her when people are fighting or sad. She also calls herself Mayushii (so yes, she talks about herself at the 3rd person) and works at the Mayqueen Nyannyan as a part-time job. From time to time, Mayuri suddenly points her arm towards the sky, which is related to the time she was spending looking at the stars with her grandmother.
Makise Kurisu
Voice Actor :Imai Asami
Despite being only 18 years old, Kurisu is already famous in America for writing scientific theses often acclaimed in the news. She is a genius, specialized in neuroscience, and a research member in Victor Qondria University’s Brain Research Program. Even though she should still be in High school at her age. Acting cold and strict to not show any weaknesses, she often gets in fights with Okabe, mainly because of the nicknames he uses for her. As a proper scientist, she only thinks rationally and can’t believe in Okabe’s theories, though her very curious nature pokes her interest in some of those theories.
Contains Spoilers
Steins;Gate Review
Where to start? First great point: as mentioned earlier, the time leap system is perfectly described, following a specific logic based on real and fictional theories, simplifying it for everybody to understand. It manages to convince even the most critical audience, including me, who is in generally very attentive to every single detail contradicting the time travel process and rules. The viewer will have a hard time finding such mistakes here. Everything works and fits together. This is probably the most difficult point in time travel stories and they nailed it. There might be just a few questions related to complex theories, like the 48 hours limit for a time leap for instance, but it remains believable and without obvious failure.
Second great point: the characters are all very specific. They distinguish themselves from common anime characters and from each other with their own well developed stories. Even though Okabe is obviously more often under the spotlight, each character gets their time with specific episodes which makes each of them more singular.
Now let’s talk about the story. Oh man this story was simply amazing! With the first half of the show focusing on the discovery of the D-mail and its impact on everybody’s lives. When Akihabara never developing the moe culture for instance. Then the second half describing the fight against the unavoidable death of Mayuri in the Alpha time line.
While the first half of the anime was friendlier and peaking our curiosity, the second half just crushed our hearts (or at least mine)! How many times did we see Mayuri die? It was already a shock the first time, but seeing it happen again and again, felt like there was really nothing to do. Well, there was, but it meant that Kurisu had to die. With Okabe making his choice and getting rid of the Phone Microwave, what a great end for this anime! I mean, the real ending with everybody alive on the steins;gate time line fits as well. It is also really nice as Okabe clearly deserved it and as everybody likes happy endings. Yet how tragic, and in some way, beautiful it would have been if the producers just stopped after episode 22?
Another cool thing I enjoyed is that many situations are based on reality. The SERN, which is actually CERN in real life and the IBN 5100, based on the IBM 5100 for example. There is also the story with John Titor who wrote many posts on time travel focused forums between 2000 and 2001. He stated that he was coming from 2036, and that the world would undergo a third world war, for example.
Last but not least, there is a theory that the whole story would have just been invented by Okabe. Being a paranoid schizophrenic who could've had a psychotic break triggered by the vision of Kurisu’s dead body in the 1st episode. The interpretation makes sense as Okabe displays several signs of paranoia. In the end, everybody can have their own opinion, but it definitely adds something to the show. This could give you the motivation of watching it another time, to see if there isn’t any clue that could confirm or refute this theory.
1. Time leap
The main highlight of Steins;Gate is the use of time leap machines that allows Okabe to have an impact on the past to change the present or the future. It's possible in different ways, with various machines. At the beginning, they can only send D-mail, which are texts sent via the Phone Microwave, to someone in the past. Then, with the time leap machine that permits the user to send his memories to himself, with a maximum of 48 hours back in time. Finally, the time travel machine developed in the future permits people to physically travel in time. However, the one built by Daru was incomplete and allowed only travels to the past.
2. The Future Gadget Research Laboratory
The Future Gadget Research Laboratory has been founded by Okabe Rintarou and is set up in their studio in Akihabara. It is the main location where most anime take place. At the beginning, it was composed of only 3 members: Okabe, Daru and Mayuri. But the team grows up throughout the story with 8 members at the end. Okabe decided to keep the number, 008, for Suzuha, as she comes from the future. The main purpose of the team was to build innovative gadgets, but most of the time it turned out to be a fail, or was just useless. Until Okabe and Daru discovered that their Phone Microwave can send text in the past.
3. SERN
Based on the real international organization CERN, which holds the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. The SERN (Société Européene de Recherche Nucléaire, which in English would be European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the main antagonist in Steins;Gate. They are trying to rule the world which they manage to do in the future of the Alpha world line. This organization is also conducting many time travel experiences that led to the death of every human subject. Moreover, it controls some mercenary groups such as the, Rounders, led by FB.
To conclude this review, I would say (again?) that Steins;Gate is for sure one of my Top 3 favourite anime, maybe even number one. Plus, it looks like I’m not the only one thinking that way since it got such good reviews. At least in the Science fiction/thriller genre. The characters are all interesting with great background stories. And most of all, it really affects you. From the feelings it triggers, to the curiosity it pokes in you; making you think about the whole time travel procedure and how to fix all the issues and unavoidable deaths.
In my opinion, even though it has been the centre of several debates, the movie Steins;Gate Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu released in 2013 added another plus to the story. And it’s worth watching. But that’s another story…
Now let’s see what Steins;Gate 0, the announced sequel can bring to the show!
While I have a few doubts about it, I’m really impatient! What about you?
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__label__wiki | 0.575808 | 0.575808 | China Reports 136 New Coronavirus Cases Over the Weekend
Chinese health officials in Wuhan report 136 new cases of a newly confirmed coronavirus in the past three days, bringing the total number of cases of the potentially deadly virus to nearly 200.Most of the confirmed cases are mild, but at least three deaths are reported, according to the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. The WHO reported 139 new confirmed cases, citing China as a source.#China🇨🇳 has reported to WHO 139 new cases of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in #Wuhan, #Beijing and #Shenzhen over the past two days.This is the result of increased searching and testing for 2019-nCoV among people sick with respiratory illness. pic.twitter.com/qAuaFzYmXH— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 19, 2020On Friday, U.S. health officials began screening passengers arriving from Wuhan at three U.S. airports: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.The virus is believed to have started in Wuhan. It belongs to the same family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold as well as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SARS killed nearly 800 people globally during an outbreak 17 years ago. It also started in China.
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__label__cc | 0.70647 | 0.29353 | by Chris Goetting — Saturday, April 02, 2016, 07:14 PM EDT
Your Cool New Oculus Rift Might Be Spying On You For Facebook
The Oculus Rift has finally begun shipping to fans that have been eagerly anticipating their pre-orders. For many, the Rift is the virtual reality device beat despite the best efforts of HTC, Sony, and others. According to some, however, the Oculus Rift may come with a greater cost than its $599 pricetag and we aren't talking about the beast of a gaming machine you'll need to adequately power it. Instead, these concerns stem from Facebook's ownership of Oculus. These concerns have been heard before, of course, back when Facebook acquired the company two years ago, but now Reddit detectives have offered up some evidence to support the suspicions.
Photograph from Sergey Galyonkin
Reddit user Woofington has posted information regarding Oculus Home -- a client that gets installed as part of the Rift's software suite -- and its relation to Oculus' privacy policy. He states, "When you install Oculus Home a background service with full permissions is spun up and never spun down. This service is used to detect when the rift is turned on so it can automatically launch the rift, but it is also used to constantly communicate with facebook servers." The always running Home client processes in question have been identified as OVRServer_x64.exe and OVRServiceLauncher. OVRServer_x64.exe maintains a connection to the Facebook owned fbcdn domain even with Home closed. Reddit user wite_noiz experimented with blocking the processes from network traffic and received a couple of warnings concerning the headset being unable to access Graph and 360 Photos being unable to detect any photos, although it hasn't prevented their Oculus devices from working otherwise.
So what is this process doing, and why does it need a constant connection to Facebook's servers? Short of an official statement, probes of the traffic have not revealed much beyond benign data such as versioning information or friend list polling. This hasn't assuaged concerns, however, as many are picking apart the Oculus privacy policy. Specifically, their policy includes a statement that they can collect information from a customer's local storage. No limitations are offered in the wording, so arguably a user's entire hard drive is fair game for Facebook to scan and/or upload. This information gathering is also fair game for third parties to use, of course, for marketing purposes. This policy, some claim, means that at any time Facebook can begin collecting whatever data they desire even if they aren't doing so now, and it can be done without disclosure because the users have already agreed to the terms of use long in advance.
Excerpt from Oculus Privacy Policy (4/2/2016), Click to Enlarge
Whether this revelation gives you pause before slipping off into virtual reality land or not is up to you. Many users don't care if their information is used for marketing purposes. Still, the fact that there is no opt-out on a $600 product and that Oculus collects data even while the Rift is not in use is concerning and needs an official answer beyond founder Palmer Luckey flatly dismissing Woofington as an Oculus hater.
But hey, it's not like Facebook has ever done anything shady without user knowledge, right?
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__label__cc | 0.69129 | 0.30871 | Home Politics Foreign Policy Iran, Russia Discuss Ways to Enhance Anti-Terror Cooperation
Iran, Russia Discuss Ways to Enhance Anti-Terror Cooperation
Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi addressing a conference in the Russian city of Saratov on March 5, 2018 / Photo retrieved from ICANA
High-ranking legislators from Iran and Russia have explored ways of strengthening Tehran-Moscow alliance against terror, which was formed three years ago as part of efforts to solve the long-running conflict in Syria.
The meeting was held between Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi and Russia’s Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodim on Tuesday.
Russia entered the Syria conflict in September 2015 by lending its air strength to the Syrian Army, joining Iran which was providing the anti-terror drive in Syria with advisory assistance since early months of the seven-year crisis.
Boroujerdi and Volodim also discussed the 2015 nuclear deal, whose future hangs in the balance in the wake of frequent threats by US President Donald Trump that Washington will “terminate” the two-year pact unless Iran agrees to make concessions on its nuclear, regional and missile activities.
Iran has vehemently rejected Trump’s calls for renegotiation of the pact, arguing the US threats are violations of the pact.
Russia is on the same page with Iran, stressing the need for all parties to the landmark deal to abide by their obligations.
The meeting between Iranian and Russian lawmakers was held on the sidelines of an economic conference in the port city of Saratov in southwestern Russia, which was started Monday and will end Wednesday, according to a Farsi report by IRIB News Agency.
The conference, called “Future of Regions: Development of Cooperation”, aims to allow participants to exchange views on ways of accelerating the development of regions, facilitating the establishment of trade relations among companies and businessmen, and developing solutions to economic problems of the regions.
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__label__wiki | 0.538866 | 0.538866 | Handmade Millinery And Hat Making Since 1985
Ignatius Hats
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Black Marlin Top Hat with Veil and Vintage Ribbon
This designer black fur felt top hat stands tall at 6". Trimmed with a black veil and wide vintage ribbon of black with vertical pin stripe in red which culminates into a half cockade. This top hat is perfect for formal affairs, weddings, galas, or any black tie affair. Fun for casual wear too.
The top hat was frequently associated with the upper class, and was used by satirists and social critics as a symbol of capitalism or the world of business. The use of the top hat persisted in politics and international diplomacy for many years, including at U.S. presidential inaugurations, the last being worn at the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1961.
Top hats are worn at society events across the globe, notably at church weddings and racing meetings attended by members of the royal family, such as Royal Ascot. They remain part of the formal uniform of certain British institutions, such as Eton College and the boy-choristers of King's College Choir. They are usually worn with morning dress or white tie, in dressage, and as part of servants' or doormen's livery. Where will you wear your top hat?
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Joseph Ignatius Creegan (Left) founded Ignatius Hats in Richmond Virginia in 1985.
"I had my first studio inside a giant three story milk bottle in the old Richmond Dairy. The four windows at the base of the bottle were my look out to downtown Richmond. Eventually I would live in all three milk bottles at different times.
The building was being rented as artist’s studios, so I had a lot of company. Rent on the first Milk bottle was $20 a month. At first my workshop was outfitted for stone carving and leaded glass work. I was carving heads out of soapstone, sandstone and marble. In the glasshop I was making windows that were maps of Richmond neighborhoods. As winter set in that first year, the lack of heat in the building proved to be a challenge. The Dairy was stone and tile and concrete. 1902 it was built to keep milk cold. No room heater would warm the studio up, so I bought a sleek black fur coat from a vintage shop, and cut it up and made some hats. I don’t know if you have ever tried it, but as soon as you make one hat you want to make another one. Soon I was making hats for some of my neighbors in the building. I thought it was odd that nobody make hats anymore. By then I had moved to the big milk bottle at the front of the building Outside my window I could see the stage door of the Empire Theatre. One day I walked down and knocked on that door, and asked to meet the costume designer. I was introduced to Tom Hammond, a prolific maker who was willing to let me turn his drawings into hats for him. He became a friend and I was able to do much of the millinery work that came through the theater for the next ten years.
I lived in New York for a year in 1990. I made hats for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall’s Easter show at Radio City Music Hall for the greatest theatrical milliner of our time, Woody Shelp. I met many of the New York hatmakers, worked in a few shops as overhire, and during that time I sold a collection of hats to Barney’s. But I liked living in Virginia. Don Marshall, a milliner who had seen it all, then in his 80’s, said to me, “if you can make a good living in the provinces, you are probably better off.” I took that advice to heart, and moved back to Richmond.
In 1995 I started working with my partner Rod Givens. He began to work in the hat studio as a trimmer. He progressed quickly, he never asked for instruction, and learned to make hats his own way. Together the quality of both of our work improved exponentially. We opened a hat store in Carytown in Richmond, and began to win awards at some of the top shows, including Smithsonian Crafts Show, Winter Park Sidewalk Art festival, American Craft Exposition, Evanston Il., St.Louis Art fair, Richmond Craft and Design show.
As Movies and television productions came to town, costume designers would call on Ignatius hats for period Millinery work. HBO’s Iron Jawed Angels, the suffragette story, used them extensively. They also did work for the female principals in the “John Adams“ series for HBO. When “The Lost Colony” costume shop burned in North Carolina, Ignatius Hats rebuilt the hat collection for the summer play depicting the first colony of Englishmen to settle in the new world. Over the years several costume designers have come to rely on us for costume millinery. We currently live and work in Petersburg, the next town from Richmond, and have two apprentices. We are enjoying the pleasure of working with other people. Right now I really want to make another hat."
Millinery Pattern drafting
Sewing: all general hand work and machine work
Blocking: felt, straw, patterned hats Leather and furs
Construction of wire foundations
Sewing straw braid of every kind
Light block making, block renovation, and alterations. Duplication of existing blocks.
Artist Statement:
Each straw hat is made from a bundle of wheat straw braid. The plait is sewn with an antique machine that was designed specifically for this task. Working with a style or design in mind the straw is sewn starting at the top of the crown and continued in concentric circles. The selected hat block decides the formal shape, then wiring or finishing edge-work is done.
Each felt hat is made from a shapeless hood which is steamed, blocked and finished with wiring or edge-work.
The hats are trimmed using millinery findings and milliner made novelties.
The combination of method, materials, shape and decoration are what make our hats reminiscent of times past, while still being wearable and contemporary.
Theatrical Millinery, Movie and Television
The Costume Works, house milliner, 1986-1997
The Mommy Market, (1994) Sissy Spacek
The Music Man, (1996) Theatre IV
Cinderella, (1997) Theatre IV
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, (2000-2006)
Iron Jawed Angels, (2004) (HBO) Hilary Swank, Angelica Houston
John Adams, (2008) (HBO) Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
The Lost Colony, (2008) Waterside Theater, Manteo, NC
Parenthood (2010) (NBC) Season 2, Universal City, CA
Glee (2010) (FOX) Season 2, Episode 3
Killing Lincoln (2012) National Geographic Channel
Killing Kennedy (2013) National Geographic Channel
Sleepy Hollow (2013) Fox
Turn (2013, 2014) AMC
Ithaca (2014) Apple Lane Productions, Meg Ryan
Lewis and Clark (2015) HBO
Mercy Street (2015, 2016) PBS
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith
Linda Carter (Wonder Woman)
Alma Powell (wife of Colin Powell)
Michael Stipe (REM)
Georgianne Walken ( Casting Director for The Sopranos, wife of Christopher Walken)
Award winning American Millinery since 1985. Traditional and Original Designs using fine materials of straw and felt. Hand sewn quality craftsmanship.
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__label__wiki | 0.502312 | 0.502312 | Keflavik Duty Free: Iceland’s Best Kept Secret
Simon Falkner 27. May 2015 235All-SeasonArticlesCapital AreaIcelandic Times – Issue 26MagazinesNewsReykjanesReykjanesbær
Iceland was once called “Europe’s Best Kept Secret”, but tourism has grown exponentially this century. And in 2015, it is predicted that this country of around 330 thousand citizens will receive over one million visitors, most of whom will pass through Keflavik International Airport, which has an exceptional duty free shopping centre. Duty Free Iceland is tax-free and open day and night. It is available to arriving and departing passengers regardless of origin and destination, and it carries all the common international brands and products, plus a growing range of unique Icelandic products.
Award Winning Icelandic Spirits and Beers
The Duty Free Iceland shop carries all the popular international brands, but it has also brought in some of the very best examples of local spirits and beers. The pioneering family at Eimverk Distillery produces environmentally friendly high-quality spirits from pollution-free botanicals, using only geothermal energy. They bring us Flóki whiskey, the first entirely Icelandic whiskey, and Vor Gin which won the 2014 San Francisco World Spirits Double Gold Award. Iceland’s first micro distillery, 64° Reykjavik Distillery, has won many international awards for its products, including the Grand Gold Quality Award in the Belgian Monde Selection, the Silver award in the British International Spirit Challenge, and the Red Dot award for great design. It also received the 2011 Silver ISW International Spirit Award in Berlin, for its crowberry liqueur. Duty Free Iceland also carries a large selection of local beers, which have also earned many international awards. A wide range of flavours is on offer, from numerous smaller breweries, as well as larger companies.
Internationally Acclaimed Icelandic Cosmetic Products
In addition to the traditional international brands, Duty Free Iceland offers numerous locally produced cosmetic products from several Icelandic manufacturers, including Sóley Organics, Villimey, Purity Herbs, Blue Lagoon and Zopure. Their products are becoming internationally known for high-quality ingredients, lack of harmful chemicals, and of course their effectiveness. Sóley Organic, for example, has acquired an international reputation for its signature product, Græðir (Healer), which can heal various forms of eczema, psoriasis, skin irritations, burn wounds, yeast infections, diaper rashes, dry skin, and even minor wounds. The scientists at Bioeffect won a Nobel prize for their work, and their company offers a range of revolutionary biotech skin care products, including the recently introduced EFG Day Serum which rejuvenates the skin and minimises the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Icelandic Confectionery
Duty Free Iceland stocks the popular international brands as well as some purely Icelandic brands with growing reputations, such as Omnom and Hafliði Ragnarsson. Their mouth-watering chocolate confectionery has become extremely popular and almost impossible to resist.
Don’t Wait Until Departure
Duty Free Iceland also has a store in the arrivals section, in the luggage hall. You can shop while you wait for your luggage, and save up to 50% on city prices.
Duty Free Store Ltd.
235 Keflavik Airport Iceland
www.dutyfree.is
Simon Falkner
Simon Falkner is a freelance journalist and songwriter pursuing a degree in economics and environmental science. He spends most of his time researching various topics ranging from physics to geopolitics, and loves to travel when his nose is not buried in some book, or stuck to the screen of his laptop. | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line921 |
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Andre Groger
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Last Name: Groger
RePEc Short-ID: pgr547
https://sites.google.com/site/andregroeger/
Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica
Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)
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André Gröger, 2019. "Easy Come, Easy Go? Economic Shocks, Labor Migration and the Family Left Behind," Working Papers 1086, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
Böhme, Marcus H. & Gröger, André & Stöhr, Tobias, 2020. "Searching for a better life: Predicting international migration with online search keywords," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
André Gröger & Yanos Zylberberg, 2016. "Internal Labor Migration as a Shock Coping Strategy: Evidence from a Typhoon," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 8(2), pages 123-153, April.
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Michel Beine & Christopher R. Parsons, 2016. "Climatic Factors as Determinants of International Migration: Redux," CREA Discussion Paper Series 16-11, Center for Research in Economic Analysis, University of Luxembourg.
Michel Beine & Christopher R Parsons, 2017. "Climatic Factors as Determinants of International Migration: Redux," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo, vol. 63(4), pages 386-402.
Isabelle CHORT & Maëlys DE LA RUPELLE, 2019. "Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico," Working Papers 2018-2019_8, CATT - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, revised Jun 2019.
Chort, Isabelle & de la Rupelle, Maëlys, 2019. "Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico," IZA Discussion Papers 12227, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Isabelle Chort, 2018. "Managing the impact of climate on migration: Evidence from Mexico," Post-Print hal-02403061, HAL.
Isabelle Chort & Maëlys de la Rupelle, 2019. "Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico," Working Papers hal-02938034, HAL.
Sharma, Rasadhika & Grote, Ulrike, 2019. "Who is an internal migrant?," TVSEP Working Papers wp-013, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Project TVSEP.
Bredtmann, Julia & Martínez Flores, Fernanda & Otten, Sebastian, 2018. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," EconStor Open Access Articles, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-22.
Bredtmann, Julia & Martínez Flores, Fernanda & Otten, Sebastian, 2016. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 10367, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Bredtmann, Julia & Martínez Flores, Fernanda & Otten, Sebastian, 2016. "Remittances and the brain drain: Evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," Ruhr Economic Papers 654, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
Julia Bredtmann & Fernanda Martínez Flores & Sebastian Otten, 2019. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(7), pages 1455-1476, July.
Julia Bredtmann & Fernanda Martínez Flores & Sebastian Otten, 2016. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1627, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
Michel Beine & Lionel Jeusette, 2019. "A Meta-Analysis of the literature on Climate Change and Migration," CREA Discussion Paper Series 19-10, Center for Research in Economic Analysis, University of Luxembourg.
Beine, Michel & Jeusette, Lionel, 2019. "A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on Climate Change and Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 12639, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Michel Beine & Lionel Jeusette, 2018. "A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on Climate Change and Migration," CESifo Working Paper Series 7417, CESifo.
Tanika Chakraborty & Manish Pandey, 2018. "Temporary International Migration and Shocks: Analysis using panel data," Departmental Working Papers 2018-03, The University of Winnipeg, Department of Economics.
Narciso, Gaia, 2020. "Crop prices and the individual decision to migrate," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
Diana De Alwis & Ilan Noy, 2016. "Sri Lankan Households a Decade after the Indian Ocean Tsunami," CESifo Working Paper Series 6136, CESifo.
De Alwis, Diana & Noy, Ilan, 2016. "Sri Lankan households a decade after the Indian Ocean tsunami," Working Paper Series 5281, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
Diana De Alwis & Ilan Noy, 2019. "Sri Lankan households a decade after the Indian Ocean tsunami," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(2), pages 1000-1026, May.
Ingrid Dallmann & Katrin Millock, 2017. "Climate Variability and Inter-State Migration in India," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo, vol. 63(4), pages 560-594.
Parag Mahajan & Dean Yang, 2020. "Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and US Immigration," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 12(2), pages 250-277, April.
Parag Mahajan & Dean Yang, 2017. "Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration," Working Papers 17-50, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
Parag Mahajan & Dean Yang, 2017. "Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration," NBER Working Papers 23756, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Michael Berlemann & Thi Xuyen Tran, 2020. "Climate-Related Hazards and Internal Migration Empirical Evidence for Rural Vietnam," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 385-409, July.
Gaia Narciso, 2018. "Crop prices and migration in Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-142, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
Zhuldyz Ashikbayeva & Marei Fürstenberg & Timo Kapelari & Albert Pierres & Stephan Thies, 2020. "Household level effects of flooding: Evidence from Thailand," TVSEP Working Papers wp-022, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Project TVSEP.
Molina Millán, Teresa, 2015. "Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua," IZA Discussion Papers 9494, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Yuan, Haishan & Zhu, Chuanqi, 2016. "Shock and roam: Migratory responses to natural disasters," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 37-40.
Clement Imbert & Marlon Seror & Yifan Zhang & Yanos Zylberberg, 2018. "Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China," CESifo Working Paper Series 7440, CESifo.
Imbert, Clement & Seror, Marlon & Zylberberg, Yanos & Zhang, Yifan, 2020. "Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1254, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
Imbert, Clement & Seror, Marlon & Zhang, Yifan & Zylberberg, Yanos, 2018. "Migrants and Firms : Evidence from China," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1185, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
Imbert, Clément & Seror, Marlon & Zylberberg, Yanos & Zhang, Yifan, 2020. "Migrants and Firms : Evidence from China," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 460, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
Imbert, Clement & Seror, Marlon & Zhang, Yifan & Yanos Zylberberg, 2020. "Migrants and Firms : Evidence from China," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1253, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
Clement Imbert & Marlon Seror & Yifan Zhang & Stephan Yanos Zylberberg, 2018. "Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers 19/713, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
Ingrid Dallmann & Katrin Millock, 2013. "Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 13045r, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, revised Mar 2016.
Wahl, Fabian & Pfeifer, Gregor & Marczak, Martyna, 2016. "Illuminating the World Cup Effect: Night Lights Evidence from South Africa," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145938, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
Gregor Pfeifer & Fabian Wahl & Martyna Marczak, 2018. "Illuminating the World Cup effect: Night lights evidence from South Africa," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(5), pages 887-920, November.
Pfeifer, Gregor & Wahl, Fabian & Marczak, Martyna, 2016. "Illuminating the world cup effect: Night lights evidence from South Africa," Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 16-2016, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
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Identifying Sorting - In Theory
Jan Eeckhout
() (Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania)
Philipp Kircher
Philipp Albert Theodor Kircher
We argue that using wage data alone, it is virtually impossible to identify whether Assortative Matching between worker and firm types is positive or negative. In standard competitive matching models the wages are determined by the marginal contribution of a worker, and the marginal contribution might be higher or lower for low productivity firms depending on the production function. For every production function that induces positive sorting we can find a production function that induces negative sorting but generates identical wages. This arises even when we allow for non-competitive mismatch, for example due to search frictions. Even though we cannot identify the sign of the sorting, we can identify the strength, i.e., the magnitude of the cross-partial, and the associated welfare loss. While we show analytically that standard fixed effects regressions are not suitable to recover the strength of sorting, we propose an alternative procedure that measures the strength of sorting in the presence of search frictions independent of the sign of the sorting.
Jan Eeckhout & Philipp Kircher, 2009. "Identifying Sorting - In Theory," PIER Working Paper Archive 09-007, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
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Here in the Western World there is a certain level of behavior that we expect from those in government. At least there was but that ship has sailed. What passes as statesmanship today would probably horrify America’s founding fathers but perhaps not so much among the English ruling class of the same period. Today on both sides of the “pond” our political classes have continued to affirm that the only needs they serve are their own.
Someone please explain to me how any nation benefits from mass migration. When you’re finished with that explanation, you can explain to me how the planet benefits by moving populations to places where they can breed like rabbits for generations when they are no longer limited by their resources, and have an old school Catholic or Islamic idea of not limiting a woman’s ability to breed with silly things like contraceptives and abstinence. How does that math work?
And yet without the express permission of the people who already occupy modern civilization, the political class has allowed unfiltered hordes of conquerors to ravage the women and children of their citizens and depress their countries economy’s. Cheap foreign labor means stagnate wages for the locals. There is no job that I wouldn’t do if I was paid enough to do it. But of course business doesn’t want to pay more and it is much more economical to pay off the political class. They are in their castles and they don’t care what goes on wherever Main Street is.
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Tommy Robinson did what every one of us should have done years ago and kept doing. He stood on the rooftops and screamed his head off. He was mad as hell and he wasn’t going to take it any more. He made sure people listened. And they did. Even the right people listened, but for the wrong reasons.
The Queen of England owns more land than any other person or entity on God’s green earth and number two isn’t even close. She may also be the richest person on earth but that is kind of a sketchy area. I’m convinced there are other entities behind the majority of her wealth. Clearly the Queen wants to see cheap labor. Given what happened to Tommy Robinson, perhaps the Prime Minister and the Parliament doesn’t run England after all (I’m not calling it the U.K. get over it). Or maybe they are all in cahoots.
Imagine a celebrity citizen reporter in the United States trying to report on a case involving children being used as sex slaves by Klu Klux Klan members, getting arrested, tried and convicted to prison in an afternoon, and then being sent to the hardest prison in the country and among the most violent felons. There would be riots in the streets every day here in the States. How is Tommy Robinson’s case any different?
To say what is going on here is a …… I just can’t find the words. If we were behind the Iron Curtain during the time of the Soviet Union or maybe Communist China but this kind of thing happening in the free world is an assault on civilization as a whole. The people have a right to know what is going on around them and they have a right to know who is harming them and who is harming their children, and they have a right to seek this information out. Right Media? Isn’t that what you’re always telling us that we have a right to know?
Where’s the condemnation. London’s streets were packed for one day and hardly anyone cares. Some loser politician from another country shows up to give a speech and it’s all about Gert. Where is the Queen? Where are the members of Parliament or the press or the leaders of every single country in Europe. For that matter where is Trump and the American press.
Clearly the political class in England believes Tommy Robinson is a threat to them and must die. Why else would they send him into a nest of people who have made it very clear they are going to kill him.
But maybe Tommy really does need to die. Maybe the English need a martyr more than they need Robinson out of prison. Maybe the only chance that the English people have left is to have a martyr they can sing about in the local pub, to inspire them to stand up for themselves and save their country, and not make guys like Tommy go it alone. They do like to make songs about heroes and sing in their pubs. Surely a bit of liquid courage to wake themselves up couldn’t hurt.
It is also possible that any martyring of Tommy Robinson could rub off on more people than just the English. When in the land that the idea’s that we American’s hold dear find their origin, simply scoops up a citizen and convicts him to death in an afternoon, it just might cause people to start seeking the elusive Red Pill even in America. My precious.
This is such an erroneous miscarriage of justice as it stands today that it should be the headline of every newspaper on both sides of the pond and “down under” until Tommy Robinson is released unharmed. But it’s not. Maybe Tommy’s death would change that and wake people up who are losing their legacy to people who look at them as chattel.
Would it really be so bad if in say, 50 years time to see a statue of Tommy Robinson in Trafalgar Square? I wouldn’t mind going out that way. So grab a pint and sing your songs and save your country.
Sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.
Die Tommy die.
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Lahore:: Pakistan on Monday reopened the Kartarpur Corridor more than three months after it was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but no Indian pilgrim visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, a top official said.
India temporarily suspended the pilgrimage and registration for the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan on March 16 in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
“Pakistan today opened the Kartarpur Corridor. However, no Indian pilgrim visited it, Evacuee Trust Property Board Deputy (ETPB) Director Imran Khan told PTI.
The ETPB looks after the holy places of minorities in the country.
He said a “special Ardas” was held at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur.
“Pilgrims from Pakistan and India are allowed to visit the Darabar Sahib by following the SOPs of social distancing. The ETPB and Pakistan Sikh Gurdawara Parbhandhik Committee have made special arrangements for the safety of pilgrims,” he said.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan was reopening the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims. “I convey to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, he said.
Sources in the government of India in New Delhi last week said Pakistan is trying to create a mirage of goodwill by proposing to reopen the corridor on June 29. They said India will take a decision on the matter after consulting health authorities and other concerned stakeholders.
The sources also wondered why Pakistan proposed to reopen it in such a short notice while a bilateral agreement on the corridor provided for information to be shared by both sides at least seven days before the date of travel.
In November last year, the two countries threw open the corridor linking Dera Baba Sahib in Gurdaspur in India and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan, in a historic people-to-people initiative as part of commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.
Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is located in Pakistan’s Narowal district across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine. It is the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, who had spent the last 18 years of his life in Kartarpur.
Indian pilgrims of all faiths are allowed to undertake round the year visa-free travel to the historic gurdwara.
The relations between India and Pakistan nosedived after India scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two union territories. Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.
On Tuesday, India told Pakistan to slash its embassy staff in New Delhi by half – saying it would do the same in Islamabad amidst allegations of spying. PTI
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2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Reviews – Jeep Compass 2021 is one of the more affordable entry points to the Jeep brand, the Jeep Compass 2021 is a compact crossover that offers a massive improvement and will launch its debut this week. With the advent of 2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid confirms that Jeep is not only identical to the high-priced Wrangler, but it also offers an attractive appearance reminiscent of the great Grand Cherokee and deserves off-road capability when specified in the Trailhawk.
2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Release
Jeep Compass Hybrid 2002 will be announced on Thursday, June 4th. Basically a compact crossover version of Europe such as Jeep Compass will have some difference with the version offered here in the US, but beyond the powertrain option, the difference is definitely relatively small. 2021 the Jeep Compass Hybrid is reported to be disclosed through a virtual press conference, which will be broadcast live on the Jeep Europe YouTube channel, we will see how many improvements were made to the latest generation of the 2021 Jeep Compass Refresh.
2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Exterior
The new exterior design and fresh look for the compass cabin will only be revealed at the end of the year. Passing that timeline, the upcoming Compass facelift will only come to India in the second half of 2021. The redesigned front façade of the Jeep 2021 refresh with the grid combined with slightly modified headlights and backlights. It is not unlikely that in the future the Jeep Hybrid will be able to compete in its ranks.
Each type of Jeep Compass Hybrid 2021 is equipped with a black bottom bumper and wheel cladding. But in 2021, the Jeep Compass Trailhawk looked slightly different from the black decal hood and the 17-inch rim.
2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Interior
2021 the Jeep Compass Hybrid is a very interesting inspiration from both. This is because Compass maintains some of the powerful charms of the larger Cherokee and integrates the modern style of Renegade so that it becomes an elegant Jeep Compass. In the interior, the crossover refresher Jeep Compass 2021 offers the interior as you would expect and will meet your expectations. The space is available for five passengers and ample space for storing items with very wide loads.
Passenger seats are well placed, similarly control for features on the infotainment system. SUV 2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid seems to be designed to be a great daily driver, even for long distances, with quality cabins and seats that reflect the same thing.
2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Engine
New 1.3 L engine from Jeep Compass. It can be owned in a pure gasoline propulsion variant or in two variants of the plug-in hybrid that will arrive later this year. In the automatic transmission, the configuration makes the trip a little smoother, making the same sprint about half a second faster. While all-wheel drive engines offer larger upgrades, it takes 8.5 seconds to reach 60 mph with six-speed manual transmissions, as well as new safety features such as adaptive cruise control and blind-spot assistance. But these FENNEL features now become mandatory for the European model and hence they are added to the 2021 update. The 2.4-liter four-pot machine tasted less excited and we found the automatic transmission shift to be lethargic as well.
There is also a hybrid plug-in model, dubbed 4XE, that plugs an electric motor into the 190-HP or 240-HP gas engine. This potent Drivetrain will be a better choice for Kompas sold in the US. In addition to the engine, Compas facelifted also received five new exterior colors, six new wheel designs, and a retuned steering system.
2021 Compass Hybrid Jeep
2021 Crossover Jeep Compass Hybrid is designed to be more compact and not too large, has a length of 173 inches with a relatively short wheel axis distance of 103.8 inches. To offer the best Off-road experience, Jeep Compass Trailhawk offers an angle breakover departure approach of 30.3/24.4/33.6 degrees. 2021 the Jeep Compass Hybrid has the lightest weight of 3.184 lbs while the toughest is a maximum of 3.633 lbs.
2021 Jeep Compass Hybrid Price
2021 the Jeep Compass Hybrid is available with so many models and display options available. The price for 2021 Jeep Compass is still affordable though on a high model. The basic Model of Jeep Compass Sport will only overload the $22,280 buyer, while Latitude adds a simple $3.345 for this.
Model Jeep Compass Altitude and North Edition are the main display packages for Latitude, priced at $27,045 and $27,975. While this may be the top trim, Jeep Compass Limited is actually not the most expensive model, with MSRP starting at $28,630. In Jeep Compass Trailhawk a special off-road model that sets the price higher at $29,850. High Altitude is a performance package for Top Tier Limited and will incur a $30,650 buyer fee. This price is for the front-wheel-drive model.
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THE MIND BEHIND DRINK! ABERDEEN
COVER FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH ADRIAN GOMES
FOODFEST 15: A CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS CULINARY
HUMBLE SHORTIE IS GOING GLOBAL
GOING BEETROOT: HOW CROWDFUNDING CAN PAY OFF
FOOD & DRINK OUR FOCUS THIS MONTH
Six key lessons from six years at the Chamber SINCE the announcement last month that your Chamber is recruiting my successor, many of you have started to ask me endof-term questions. Although this might be “a bit previous”, as I am likely to be your chief executive until March 2016, my answers have been improving with practice. Having reflected on these conversations, I want to use the remaining Chamber Viewpoint columns available to me to identify what is important for our region and why. This first piece identifies my top six lessons learned from the last six years, and future Chamber Viewpoints which follow will discuss these in more detail as time and events allow. It can be very powerful to reflect on what is important rather than what is merely current, and to embed experience so that it does not have to be re-learned. As a region we will have to get better at doing this, so it might be mildly worrying to note that it is unlikely that any of the top six lessons from the last six years will surprise you.
well as helping to keep the oil & gas supply chain anchored in North-east Scotland, exports will need to grow in food & drink and services. Four: Oil & gas is the future of the region and will be for a long time. Nothing else can quickly replace the high-value jobs and standard of living for the citizens of the region. Decommissioning offers new opportunities. But, there must be a coherent long-range diversification plan including innovation driven by the universities, food & drink, tourism and services. Talk is cheap, so we must do more to deliver this. Five: We will have to embrace change and be smarter to earn our way in the world. There is too much complacency in the region and we must find leaders who will cut costs and sharpen productivity - now. We will all need to learn how to sell ourselves and our region more effectively as no-one owes us a living. This will involve a change of focus from talking to each other to talking to the world.
One: The people of the North-east are its greatest asset. They are tough, resilient and self-reliant and at the core of the region’s success. Team Aberdeen should be irresistible.
Six: Commerce makes the Chamber, region and country tick. Business engagement is critical to economic and social success. Politicians must learn that you have to earn before you can spend, and that prosperity funds public expenditure. Business is not a cash cow. We now need to focus on growth rather than austerity.
Two: Investment in infrastructure is critical to the future success of the region and the twin priorities are transport infrastructure and the city centre, although digital infrastructure is also important.
Let me know if you agree with these top six lessons from the last six years. In my judgement they are the core issues at the heart of our future prosperity.
They are familiar, and all at the heart of the region’s current wealth and future potential:
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Celebrating all things "foodie"
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FEATURE | JULY 2015
“We’re calling for everyone in the food and drink trade in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to be a part of Food Fest 15” Peter Medley Food Fest 15
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Food Fest celebrates all things "foodie"
FROM beer to berries, from cheese to chocolate and from fish to fudge, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are rich in the finest natural produce which is being celebrated throughout this year in Food Fest 15. The project is a celebration of all things culinary in this area - there is a vast array - and coincides with the VisitScotland Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015 initiative which aims to develop Scotland's reputation as a land of food and drink. Building on the series of food and drink events currently held throughout the year in the area, Food Fest 15 hopes to attract more visitors from across the UK and Europe to the North-east to discover what the area, recognised as "Scotland's larder", has to offer. Partners behind Food Fest 15 are Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Aberdeenshire Council, Banffshire Coast Tourism Partnership, Visit Royal Deeside, VisitAberdeen, Aberdeen City and Shire Hotels' Association, Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland. Marketing director of VisitAberdeen Peter Medley, who is leading the project on behalf of the partnership, said: "Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink is an excellent opportunity for local businesses to spotlight, promote and celebrate the quality and quantity of our natural larder and enhance our reputation as a foodie destination of first choice. “Food is a vital element in any break – whether for leisure or business - and Food Fest 15 will help visitors find even more places to eat and buy quality food, as well as seeing the manufacturing process in breweries and distilleries. "As a proportion of the national average, 'foodies' - those who show an interest in cuisine and dining-out - make up 28% of the population. “This group is twice as likely to eat out on average as other groups. “Two-thirds of Scotland’s visitors think that quality food is an important factor when deciding where to go on holiday and UK tourists to Scotland spend £610million on food and drink, representing 20% of all their visit expenditure. "We’re calling for everyone in the food and drink trade in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to be a part of Food Fest 15 and use our great local produce to attract even more visitors to the North-east.
Food & Drink Feature "Our prime Aberdeen Angus beef is world renowned, as is our wonderful fish and seafood, but there is an abundance of other outstanding produce to be celebrated. “Specialist farmers, producers, brewers and distillers, alongside farmers’ markets, delicatessens and restaurants, are all shining a spotlight on the wonderful food and drink our region has to offer.
“Two-thirds of Scotland’s visitors think that quality food is an important factor when deciding where to go on holiday” Peter Medley, Food Fest 15
"Visitors will have the chance to enjoy the fabulous fresh fish and seafood of the Northeast, straight from the local fishmonger or farmers market, or perhaps enjoy fish and chips from one of several award-winning fish and chip shops. "They can spend an afternoon picking their own berries at one of the many fruit farms in the region or visit some of the new breed of food and drink pioneers out there - brewing craft beers, distilling gin and whisky, baking bread, making cheeses, ice cream and creating new ways to entice you into trying something new as well as enjoying old favourites. "Everything is listed on our website at www.foodfest15.com.
Food Fest 15 is a year-long initiative supported by:
"We have events throughout the year and thousands have already enjoyed the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy where they were able to sample much of the area's finest produce at its Food Fayre, just as they did at the Taste of Grampian Food Festival which is well established as a key culinary date on the calendar. "There have been beer events in Aberdeen and Stonehaven and the Banchory Beer Festival is still to come in August with the Energetica Summer Festival, including BrewDog Brewery tours, the same month. "September events include the bicentenary Braemar Gathering and an Inverurie beer festival. "The Deeside Food & Fiddle Fortnight will be held from October 3–19 across Royal Deeside and the Cairngorms when one of Scotland’s most scenic landscapes will play host to a two-week showcase of the country’s finest food and traditional music. The year-long celebration will then end with a number of events over the festive period."
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“We are taking things back to the classic drinking era of the 1920s”
DECC advisory role WOOD Group Kenny will provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage policies, as well as potential projects across the UK, as part of a framework agreement with the Department of Energy & Climate Change. The four-year agreement will see WGK support DECC to ensure UK CCS energy policies are underpinned by robust technical evidence and provide independent advice on the technical understanding and review of CCS developments. WGK’s previous experience in CCS includes the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage project being developed by Shell and Scottish and Southern Energy. Bob MacDonald, CEO of Wood Group Kenny, said: “This contract award demonstrates how we apply our extensive engineering expertise to diverse markets." WGK has been appointed by DECC as one of six technical specialists. Under the technical specialist framework, engineering experts will be provided from across Wood Group specialities as required
Bob MacDonald CEO, Wood Group Kenny
Organic contract KEENAN Recycling, which is based in New Deer, has secured a contract worth £4million to continue work with Suez Environnement. The contract to process food and garden waste from households in Aberdeen has been extended by four years with the option to extend by one year. Keenan Recycling is subcontracted by Suez Environnement to handle the organic fraction of the Aberdeen City Council waste management contract. Since the introduction of the Waste (Scotland) Regulations in January 2014, Keenan Recycling has seen its client list triple from 600 to 1800 and now processes more than 60,000 tonnes of waste at its award-winning site.
Opinion OPINION | JULY 2015
Craig Wilson on selling Scotland
Ambassador chef reports back from Big Apple by Craig Wilson, Eat on the Green
ALREADY inspired with it being the year of Scottish food and drink, I was very intrigued to see what New York had to offer when celebrating all things Scottish for Tartan Week. I knew the only way to get a true flavour for this would be by witnessing it first hand. After the official request came through to be the ambassador for Scottish food and drink, I couldn’t wait to share the passion I have for my craft with the people of New York. The main objectives for the trip were to promote and celebrate the world class produce Scotland has to offer. Although we were very well received, it became apparent within a matter of hours that the knowledge and understanding of Scottish produce was minimal. Other than our Scotch whisky and the odd comical words affectionately made about haggis, there appeared to be little knowledge about Scotland and what it offers. I was even asked if Scotland was in Ireland! However, it was still all too clear that there is a great love for Scotland. There is a massive job to be done in order to fully celebrate our country and what it has to offer. Much of what Scotland produces is world class. This not only includes our food but also the beautiful environment in which it grows.
The weather which we so often complain about is entirely necessary in creating an environment that makes the sweetest raspberry and produces top-of-the-range beef. Undoubtedly the American frame of mind has a more positive and can-do approach to work. I have come back to Scotland adopting this approach and want to apply it to my own work and business. I firmly believe that success breeds success and in learning about and embracing other businesses. This doesn’t need to be in food and drink. It’s not always the most obvious partnerships that work the best together. You must be open-minded and ready to take on any opportunities that come your way. New York inundated me with opportunities. I’m currently speaking with a fashion designer about a potential collaboration to launch a book. Without being open-minded and creative, it would be hard to believe that a designer and a chef would work alongside one another. The contrast in going from a tiny village in Scotland to the centre of New York was remarkable. Taking my marketing and events manager has meant we have both come back full of ideas to put back into the business. I’ve certainly come back inspired. Although I don’t have any intention of creating Times Square in Udny Green I have certainly taken a part of New York back with me.
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“The industry does need to change, like we do as people”
Excellence awards for Embrion EMBRION won two awards at the ABP Workforce Experience Awards 2015 Awards which celebrate excellence in business psychology. This year’s 12 awards were all strongly contended, many by multinational consulting firms including and Embrion was presented with the awards for "Excellence in Coaching" and the "Chairman’s Choice for Excellence in Business Psychology" awards. Professor Jonathan Passmore, managing director of Embrion said: "We are delighted that a Scottish business psychology company has been recognised as leading the field against strong international competition. We believe this award will provide the platform that enables us to share our work more widely with companies across the UK, helping them transform their businesses by reducing costs, improving team performance, and raising employee satisfaction."
Deeside Activity gets green award DEESIDE Activity Park has achieved the highest possible accolade from VisitScotland’s Green Tourism Scheme.
Professor Jonathan Passmore managing director of Embrion and Clodagh O'Reilly chair of the ABP Management Board
The scheme encourages businesses in the tourism and service sector to adopt more environmentally friendly measures. The outdoor activities venue, farm shop and restaurant was given credit for a range of measures, from using locally sourced products such as Cairnton Aberdeen Angus beef, and free range eggs to the solar photovoltaic system which produces up to 100% of electricity used on sit, and the biomass boiler utilising timber grown at the Park for heating and hot water.
Member News Roofing skills shortage addressed BRECHIN-BASED Forster Roofing has launched its own in-house Skills Academy to train the next generation and directly tackle the challenge faced by the construction industry’s skills shortage. The company is responsible for roofing one in five of Scotland’s new homes and is committed to developing young people. The Forster Academy in Brechin is delivering a Modern Apprenticeship (NVQ) qualification in roofing, designed specifically for new-build housing. The two-year integrated training programme, supported by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC), combines on-the-job structured learning with contextualised off-site training. Apprentice with trainer working at Forster Skills Academy
“We are directly addressing the acute skills shortage in the construction industry by recruiting new entrants, up-skilling and qualifying our existing workforce,” explained Forster Group chairman, John Forster. “We recognise that our future success is dependent on investing in the skills of both our current and potential future employees. “Next month we will be celebrating 25 years of delivering our roofing service to the Scottish house build market, and we see our new Skills Academy as a key part of our future.”
Jigsaw fits into Bon Accord BON Accord & St Nicholas has kicked off its 25th birthday celebrations with the announcement that it is adding an iconic fashion brand to its growing list of stores.
BIG booming
ICMAN cometh
SCOTLAND’S largest PR and digital marketing agency, The BIG Partnership, has taken on more than a dozen new clients, worth more than £300,000 in annual fees.
ABERDEEN Exhibition and Conference Centre is to host the biennial conference of the International Conferences on Mechanisms of Action of Nutraceuticals (ICMAN) on September 27-29, 2017.
Jigsaw clothing is set to open within the Bon Accord mall this autumn in the chain’s first dedicated outlet in the Northeast.
Key new client wins include Italian restaurant chain Tony Macaroni, Linlithgow-based energy consultancy EcoEnergy Group and regional tourism agency VisitLanarkshire.
The fashion company has been a mainstay of the British high street since 1969 and provides a range of womenswear, menswear, children’s clothing and homeware from over 40 stores throughout the country.
New clients for the firm’s Aberdeen office include the Nautical Institute, MSI, and Bright Green Hydrogen, which is the lead consortium partner for the pioneering Levenmouth Community Energy Project.
Craig Stevenson, manager of Bon Accord & St Nicholas, said: "We’ve been looking to add Jigsaw to our offering at Bon Accord & St Nicholas for some time now and it’s great to finally be able to announce its imminent arrival for autumn this year."
Zoe Ogilvie, director at The BIG Partnership, said: “We continue to win work with a range of organisations across a variety of sectors – whether that’s in energy, education or sport."
The conference will bring together leading researchers, academics, medical practitioners, industry professionals and government officials to review several disciplines of science and medicine dealing with chronic conditions and health and wellness issues in which nutraceuticals can play a part. ICMAN which is run by The Institute of Life Sciences Collaboration (ILSC) is set to attract around 300 delegates from around the world and was secured by The Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen. The event received subvention funding from VisitScotland which was match funded by VisitAberdeen.
ABERDEEN’S newest festival, Drink! Aberdeen recently succeeded, with the help of top class guests, in inspiring people in the city to be creative about the way they think about food and drink. Dr Rachel Edwards Stuart, food science advisor to Heston Blumenthal, hosted a flavour seminar in association with Disaronno; wild food consultant and forager from Galloway Wild Foods Mark Williams led a wild boozy walk in Seaton Park; and whisky columnist and founder of World Whisky Day Blair Bowman shared his experiences in a whisky pairing dinner. There was also a beer and popcorn tasting at BrewDog and Six°North hosted Belgian beer masterclasses. The event was the brainchild of 10 Dollar Shake owner Adrian Gomes who over the past five years has been helping transform the Aberdeen bar scene for everyone from party animals to the more discerning drinks aficionados. His career in the licensed trade started with a part-time job in Cafe Ici, now Eclectic Fizz Champagne Bar, and at that time he was also a DJ, a hobby which he hoped to turn into a career. Style bars which attracted the "aspirational and the moneyed" were thin on the ground at that time and he went on to work in Cafe Pivo, now the Bottle Cap Bar and Brewery and learn his trade. "Aberdeen was beginning to develop into a separate east and west of Union Street with those bars in the east end like Estaminit and Cafe Drummond more music-driven. “They were attracting people from the creative industries like musicians, DJs and graphic designers along with students and snowboarders. "You also had the likes of the Palace which had alternative nights and the Wild Boar. "It was the alternative east and the aspirational west and the east was my comfort zone," he said. He became general manager of Snafu, a club which focused on electronic and indie music, and it was while there he decided that bars, rather than turntables, could provide him with a career. "I gave up on the idea that I'd ever be a world-class DJ. I had a skill set in bars that didn't seem to translate to the music
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“Aberdeen never used to be a chain city but when Union Square opened, you suddenly had 16 or 17 chain restaurants on the doorstep� Adrian Gomes, 10 Dollar Shake
industry and a slow realisation that I should take my head out of the clouds and concentrate on the job in hand so I got into management."
It is "a subterranean late-night tavern serving boutique spirits, hand-crafted cocktails, fine Scottish ales and inspired casual dining".
He launched his events company 10 Dollar Shake but to avoid a conflict of interest he moved out of the bar trade and worked for Yo Sushi for a year to gain experience of working in a chain rather than an independent and to learn about the business processes they had in place.
It has been a great success and last year they opened two more bars Bos'n, a Latin American-themed "party bar" with street food snacks where the concept is "upcycled and reused" from the pallet furniture to the coffee sacks, and Rye & Soda, an Anglo-American brunch cafe by day, serving modern British comfort food in the evening .
"This was at the height of the recession and independents and high-end places were taking a hit but some of the chains were adding 20 or 30 new restaurants a year." 10 Dollar Shake was unique in Aberdeen and his first two engagements were a hen night mixology party and a house party in Aberdeen's west end but then came an event for 1,200 in St Andrews and the business took off.
“We are taking things back to the classic drinking era of the 1920s” It was followed by a series of events in the university town including a four-day engagement for 2,500 which required 35 bartenders and six bars. He moved back in with his supportive parents (mum would sometimes wash the glasses when he went out on back-to-back events) and by taking no wages he was able to save half the capital for his first bar with business partner Andy Samways, The Tippling House in Belmont Street. Before it opened, he researched industry trends in London, New York, Chicago and Montreal.
"We are taking things back to the classic drinking era of the 1920s," he said. "We are not pretending to be 1920s bartenders but we are taking the drinks, ambience and service and making it work in the modern day.
“I gave up on the idea that I'd ever be a world-class DJ” Adrian Gomes 10 Dollar Shake
“Service is at the heart of everything we do." There is a lot happening in the city, as Drink! Aberdeen demonstrated, and it is likely to become an annual event. "The standard openings have increased a lot," he said. "Aberdeen never used to be a chain city but when Union Square opened you suddenly had 16 or 17 chain restaurants on the doorstep and then the Bon Accord & St Nicholas Centre upgraded. "The chains are convenient but they highlight just how different the independents are. They are lifestyle places for both the owners and guests. "Places like BrewDog, Six°North and CASC have enhanced Aberdeen as a craft beer Mecca. “Aberdeen lagged behind for a long time but has now caught up and has a bar and food scene which is beginning to rival many other cities."
James Bream on 22nd Oil & Gas Survey
A midlife crisis for the UKCS Last month saw the launch of the Chamber’s 22nd Oil & Gas survey. It painted a bleak picture, with confidence and activity levels at new lows and projects cancelled due to the fall in the oil price. Although it found that opportunities do exist for businesses in the North Sea and overseas, the recorded increase in decommissioning activity was described as a “bittersweet positive”. James Bream, research & policy director at the Chamber, gives a considered view of the results and argues that it is too early to say the UKCS is slowly closing down.
THEY say life begins at 50. I don’t agree (based on experience so far) as I think I lead a pretty full life but we do all change as we move through the decades.
the way as a highly efficient (low cost) basin. It is also true that if exploration can be made more attractive there is still plenty to go for.
As the UK Continental Shelf ploughs through its 50th year, it is clear that it has lived a lot too.
This is the positive context in which we should look at the gloomy sentiment which exists.
We have seen 50 years of exploration, production, innovation and global firsts.
The survey told us:
We have seen our supply chain expand and it now contributes over £10billion to our economy through international sales. People say we have “been here before” but moving into the sixth decade, it actually feels like we are moving to a new place. It looks like large-scale decommissioning could be about to happen. Nearly 80% of respondents to our oil & gas survey undertaken in partnership with Bond Dickinson told us they are “already” or “likely to be” involved in this area in the next year or so.
- Confidence has never been lower - We are experiencing a “recession of confidence” ie two surveys in a row in negative territory for the first time - To expect a negative outlook for at least a year ahead (likely to be more) - International sentiment is also negative (although less than the UKCS), reflecting the global nature of the current downturn Life doesn’t begin at 50 but at this point the industry does need to change, like we do as people. The industry may need to downsize to take account of lower levels of activity in the UKCS.
If we follow the successes of the past, perhaps being at this frontier can help us be a global leader in this field too.
The industry needs to cut costs or more importantly increase productivity and efficiency.
However, it is too early to say that the UKCS is slowly closing down.
We should not miss the opportunity that a midlife crisis presents to secure a new positive future.
It looks like the industry has a real opportunity, if it can grasp it, to lead
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Oil & Gas UK appointments
Iraqi deal for Atlas
OIL & Gas UK, the representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed a number of member company representatives to its board.
INTERNATIONAL learning solutions provider Atlas Knowledge has signed a landmark deal that will see it work with the Iraqi government to deliver world class safety and technical training to the country’s burgeoning oil and gas workforce.
In addition to the new members existing board member Neil McCulloch, president North Sea of Enquest Plc, is named as the new vice chair representative for the operator community. Board member Terry Savage, corporate relationship director, Global Energy Group is named as his counterpart, as vice chair representing the contractor community. Joining the board are: • Andrew Thomson, managing director, offshore, North Sea, Aramark • Chris Bird, managing director, MOL Energy UK • Dave Stewart, CEO, Wood Group PSN • Gunnar Breivik, managing director, Statoil Production UK • Matt Betts, UK vice president, Halliburton • Neil Clyne, operations director, Transocean Drilling UK Limited • Paul Goodfellow, upstream director UK & Ireland, Shell Exploration & Production • Pete Jones, managing director, United Kingdom, TA
Under the contract, with the Ministry of Oil and Baghdad Oil Training Institute (BOTI), Atlas Knowledge will deliver 35 courses at 16 technical colleges across the country as part of a project sanctioned by the Ministry of Oil’s Department of Training and E-learning. The win comes weeks after Atlas Knowledge announced it had secured another major contract to deliver safety critical training to the UK offshore workforce. The move brings the number of countries around the world that Atlas courses are accessed in to 92. Atlas Knowledge has also been awarded a contract by INPEX to provide training for production workers involved in the $34billion Ichthys LNG Project. In a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement the international learning technology company will develop and deliver custom-made training modules and online 3D models of the project’s onshore and offshore production facilities as well as in-depth process training for the specific systems and equipment used at each asset.
Chamber Board The Chamber is delighted to welcome its new president Edel Harris, along with two new vice presidents and four new board members, following its annual general meeting on June 17.
New Chamber president Edel Harris
President Chief executive - Cornerstone Edel is chief executive of Cornerstone, a charitable organisation providing health and social care services to individuals with disabilities and other support needs. She also serves as a Director on the boards of Corners Turned Ltd, the Davie Cooper Centre and the Fragile X Society. Edel also sits on the Executive Group for the Scottish Social Services Learning Network, North.
New vice presidents
Continuing non-executive board members Alec Carstairs
Director - Cela Consulting Limited
_ Carol Benzie
Managing director, Aberdeen International Airport Ltd
_ David Mair
Group sales and business development director, The Ferguson Group
John Brebner Vice President
City director - Aberdeen, Clydesdale Bank
Peter Sharp
Vice President Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP
_ Alastair Green
Group head of strategy and development, Wood Group
_ Fiona Bayne
Head of Communications, Upstream UK Full biographies and pictures of the new board, as well as the policy council, can be found on our website at agcc.co.uk
New board members
Jill Webster
Judith Thorpe
Stephen Nicol
Chairman and partner, Ledingham Chalmers LLP
Rubberatkins Limited
Co-owner and director,
Chief financial officer, Wood Group PSN
Jennifer believes that business in this area needs to be energetic and positive about meeting the challenges that we all face, whether economic, geographic, market-led or political. She sees the Chamber as continuing to play an integral role in achieving that.
Jill has over 35 years’ experience as a director of SMEs as well as experience as provost of Aberdeenshire Council with its half a billion pound budget. She believes that her many connections through her public and corporate activities will be an enormous asset to the Chamber board.
Thorpe Molloy Recruitment Limited Judith has worked in Aberdeen for 20 years, 17 as founding director of professional services company and member of the Chamber. Working with the full spectrum of organisations within Grampian, she is looking forward to using her network for the benefit of Chamber members.
Stephen relishes the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the Chamber, and to share ideas, debate issues and take action to enable success for local businesses. He believes that being on the board will broaden his perspectives as he takes up his post as chief financial officer at Wood Group PSN.
“Sweden is very small scale... where as we regularly send full containers to the Middle East and China� Scott Kelman, commercial director, Dean's of Huntly
IT IS 40 years since Helen and Bill Dean launched their own business inspired by the success of Helen's homemade shortbread which she made to raise funds for Huntly Pipe Band. Bill was a drum major and wherever the band played around the country there was a clamour for her baking. Such was the demand that in 1975, Helen established her own small bakery in her home in the Aberdeenshire town and Dean’s of Huntly was born. The light and crumbly "melt in the mouth" shortbread proved very popular but building the business was a struggle in the early days. Bill and Helen were on the point of giving up when, in 1978, they secured their first retailer listing with Mace Group distributors AB Chalmers of Inverness and AR Gray of Aberdeen. By 1985, they had to moved to larger premises in Deveron Street to meet the growth and in 1992 they moved into their purpose built bakery in Depot Road where - having invested further to extend the site with warehouses, production facilities as well as a visitor centre and bistro - they remain today. Dean’s is now a household name across Scotland and spreading over the rest of the UK but it also exports to 30 countries including India, China, the US and several European countries. "I have been with the business for 20 years and when I joined the turnover was £1.75million and it is now more than £8million," said Scott Kelman, commercial director at Dean's of Huntly. "That growth has come through going beyond Scotland and working with supermarkets both within Scotland and UK-wide." He explained that until four years ago, little priority had been given to exports which had been handled by an external export management company but it is now an integral part of the company's growth. For the past four years, exports have been part of his remit and have grown from 2-3% of the company's business to 8%.
"It is still not massive but we are working towards increasing the company turnover to £10million with the goal of having exports accounting for at least 10% of that business.
“One of the biggest challenges is that we have a massive competitor in Walkers who have done a fantastic job for more than 40 years of exporting” Scott Kelman, commercial director, Dean's of Huntly
"We are in around 30 countries in varying degrees. For example, Sweden is very small scale and we probably only send one consignment a year there whereas we regularly send full containers to the Middle East and China." Dean’s is also on shelves in several European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Japan. "Our key target areas are the US, followed by the Middle East and Far East. These are the areas on which we are focusing. "One of the biggest challenges is that we have a massive competitor in Walkers who have done a fantastic job for more than 40 years of exporting. "They have built up tremendous loyalty but are a different proposition - yes, it is shortbread, but it is quite different and we think we can sit alongside it. "Another big challenge is finding the right partners in the markets which we are trying to develop and every market is different. "For example, in Saudi Arabia we are sold into the retail chains like the Panda and Tamimi stores where the locals are shopping as well as sometimes ex-pats. "China is different because it's a very strong high-end gifting culture and
we have distribution in many of the high-end department stores and very wealthy shopping malls." He has travelled to several countries including India and China to attend trade shows and meet distribution partners to establish links and he said it was "very much a learning process". "In every country we have an appointed partner, an importer and distributor, and it is them who are selling into the stores. We are not selling direct to the retail customer. "America is a massive market and a significant challenge. I have been working with an appointed exclusive importer in the US for coming up to four years now but it is quite a different fragmented structure and in many respects not as advanced as the UK. “In the US you have an importer, a distributor, a retailer and inbetween a broker who sells to the customers." Dean’s has a number of developments in the pipeline during its 40th anniversary year to bolster trade both at home and abroad. "We are continuing to invest in the plant at the premises here in Huntly and we also have a very active new product development programme with several new products scheduled to come into the business later this year and in 2016. "We also carried out significant research at the end of last year into our branding and packaging and design and we are now in the process of refreshing that over the next six to 12 months."
"[It's] like standing in Union Street naked and asking people for clothes" CHRIS TONNER ON CROWDFUNDING
Top award for golf centre A GOLF centre in Aberdeen established by former Open champion and Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie is celebrating after receiving a VisitScotland 5* Quality Assurance Activity Centre award. Set in Royal Deeside, the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre caters for the needs of all golfers with a nine hole par three golf course, a 27-bay driving range and a world class short game area, the Centre also offers a physiotherapy service and has three PGA teaching professionals on hand to provide instruction in fullyequipped private teaching bays. The VisitScotland Quality Assurance report said: “The facility is of outstanding quality, with high quality décor, top quality facilities, excellent, carefully-sourced products in the shop and a very pleasant café. “The golf bays are presented in pristine condition, with the automated tees of the highest spec. Most importantly by far however, outstanding quality customer care is offered in all areas, from reception to tuition, through to the retail and catering offerings. Former Open winner Paul Lawrie said: “We are delighted to receive the 5* Activity Centre award from VisitScotland for our golf centre. The standards they set are, rightly, high and we are very proud of all the members of staff who have worked so hard to achieve this accolade."
Paul Lawrie, Philip Smith VisitScotland Regional Director, Marian Lawrie and Craig Dempster, Director of Golf at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre
Five star apartment A LUXURY apartment in the west end of Aberdeen has become the first in the city to receive VisitScotland’s 5* self-catering Quality Assurance (QA) grading. The national tourist organisation awarded the property at 46 Queens Highland, in Queens Road, its 5* Self Catering recognition. The apartment is owned by AMPM Leasing & Property Management. The company has 26 apartments. Nine are city centre, two riverside and 15 at Kepplestone. Philip Smith VisitScotland Regional Director, and (seated) Duncan Kerr and Rita Valiukaite from AM-PM
Blackadders merger ANGUS legal firm Marjory MacDonald Solicitors has merged with Blackadders LLP. The merged practice has 24 partners and more than 240 staff and will trade under the Blackadders banner. It will offer a full service capability for business and private clients, acting for household name companies and charities, along with thousands of private individuals, many of whom are also clients of its wealth management unit. Blackadders has now made three acquisitions in the last year. The firm has offices in Aberdeen, Arbroath, Dundee, Edinburgh, Forfar and Perth.
Capitol development for North Group NORTH Group, a specialist provider of both interior and exterior construction and refurbishment services, has secured a new contract worth more than £900,000. North Group will provide a range of fit-out and refurbishment services on behalf of Knight Property Group at its landmark £35million development of The Capitol. The contract has been secured via the project’s principal contractor, Andrew Cowie Construction Ltd.
Chester accolades THE Chester Hotel in Aberdeen won awards at the North East of Scotland Chef and Restaurant Awards including Hotel Restaurant of the Year for IX Restaurant and Overall Chef of the Year for senior sous chef, Orry Shand. This is the second year in a row The Chester Hotel has been named Hotel Restaurant of the Year. In addition, executive chef, Kevin Dalgleish, won Seafood Chef of the Year, demi chef de partie, Alanna McCarthy, was runner-up in Pastry Chef of the Year and chef de partie, Kirsty Bruce, came third in Young Chef of the Year. Matthew Lobban also won bronze in Hotel/ Restaurant Chef of the Year.
OPINION | JULY 2015
Business Bites Oil & gas casts shadow on food & drink operations by Tony Mackay
FOOD and drink are a very important part of the Grampian economy, although the industry has been overshadowed by oil and gas for many years. The Scottish population has increased substantially in recent years so the domestic demand for food and drink has also risen. Some sectors have also done well in export markets, notably Scottish whisky. The local industry can be subdivided into agriculture, fishing, food processing, fish processing, whisky distilling and other drinks. The fishing industry is undoubtedly the most important and the local ports account for about 45% of the total value of landings in Scotland. Peterhead is the largest fishing port in Europe and Fraserburgh the third largest in Scotland. Only a small proportion of the fish landed here is processed locally, however. There is a basic choice between processing close to landings or close to markets, and there has been a definite shift in favour of the latter recently. One of the main reasons for that is the high cost of operating – labour, accommodation and other costs - in the Grampian region, because of the impact of the oil industry.
Tony Mackay, oil consultant and economics expert at Invernessbased Mackay Consultants, looks at issues facing Northeast business
Agriculture currently accounts for about 5% of regional economic output (GDP), which is more than treble the Scottish average. The sector has a healthy mix of livestock, cereals and other crops, and has survived the recession and the impact of oil much better than I expected. It is clear that many local people still choose farming as their way of life. Nevertheless, the latest official statistics show an 18% fall in farm incomes last year, with potatoes and cereals being particularly badly hit.
The local chicken industry has also gone through a difficult period. The Grampian food processing industry sector also has an encouraging variety of products. However, the fish processing industry has contracted in recent years, in terms of both output and employment, and I do not see that decline being reversed. The meat processing sector has also struggled, so the recent announcement of investment in a new abattoir at Thainstone is very welcome. There are eight whisky distilleries in the area and I recently read a very interesting publication from Aberdeenshire Council which also shows eight “lost” distilleries which have closed, albeit some many years ago. The whisky industry has recently gone through a boom period, with increased output, expanded and new distilleries. However, I suspect that the boom is coming to an end, mainly because of increased competition from foreign whisky distilleries in Japan and elsewhere. Other drinks production, notably beer and gin, in the region is currently on a very small scale. However, BrewDog in Ellon seems to be doing very well and generating a lot of publicity. The two main challenges for the Grampian food and drink industry, in my opinion, are: • future European Union membership and reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy • adapting to the decline of the oil and gas industry Renegotiating EU membership is a high priority of the new UK Conservative Government but unfortunately the CAP and CFP do not appear to be important issues for them, in contrast with immigration. On the other hand, the reduction in cost pressures from the oil industry should benefit local food and drink businesses.
Deliverer contract for Blue Water BLUE Water Shipping has been chosen as logistics partner for the five-year special periodical survey for Maersk Drilling’s semi-submersible rig Maersk Deliverer. Blue Water has provided transport and logistics services in connection with yard stays for several other Maersk rigs.
The yard stay project will be carried out in South Africa from July until the end of August, where Blue Water will be responsible for all transport-related assignments, warehousing and quayside crane operations.
— Gold standard IIP for Axis AXIS Well Technology Ltd has become the first oil and gas company, headquartered in Aberdeen, to be recognised for its commitment to its employees by achieving the Gold Investors in People (IIP) accreditation. The award places the company in the top 7% of all IIP accredited businesses in the UK and comes shortly after the firm received the Investors in Young People accreditation (IIYP).
— Franco-Scottish alliance SUBSEA cable and connector specialist Hydro Group, alongside its French regional partner Wenex Equipments, last year formed a Franco-Scottish consortium which has led to the group successfully securing a £2.5million/€3.5million contract. The project involves manufacturing and installation of the array cabling infrastructure on the SEM-REV marine renewable energy project 16 miles offshore the city of Le Croisic on the French Atlantic coast.
— CCS initiative THE Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has awarded a £2.5million contract to a consortium led by Pale Blue Dot Energy, the management consultancy which specialises in the energy transition. UK engineering solutions provider Costain is also involved in the pioneering initiative along with Axis Wells Technology. The 12-month project is funded by DECC will deliver a screened and appraised portfolio of offshore deep geological CO2 Storage sites for potential deployment in future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects beyond the current DECC CCS Commercialisation programme, in the mid 2020s. As part of the project, Costain will be responsible for appraising the offshore infrastructure requirements and costs which will drive the progression of five significant offshore storage sites in order to meet their 2030 CO2 injection targets.
Member News Ramboll contract win THE recently launched Aberdeen office of Ramboll Oil and Gas has secured a £275,000 contract with a major North Sea operator. The crude oil booster pump replacement project has been one of the key achievements in an above-anticipated performance in the first quarter of the year. It is less than a year since the global engineering consultancy launched in Aberdeen, but the company has already won new work with a range of major oil and gas companies operating within the UKCS.
Tim Martin managing director, Ramboll
The latest contract win is to deliver a full multi-discipline detailed design and construction engineering project for replacement crude oil pumps on a North Sea platform. The team in Aberdeen will provide 3D cloud scanning services, design and construction engineering. Managing director Tim Martin said it had been anticipated it would take time for the Ramboll name to become known within Aberdeen. "This incredibly strong start to the year has been above our expectations and all the indications are that the Aberdeen office of Ramboll Oil and Gas will continue to experience a period of growth as we move into the second quarter."
Record revenues for Bond Dickinson LEGAL firm Bond Dickinson has broken through the £100million barrier for the first time with revenues of £106.4m for the 2014-15 financial year, up 7%from £99.6m last year. The firm's profit is also up by around 20%. The figures cap a strong year for the firm, which has seen high profile panel wins and retentions in the past 12 months including Sainsbury’s, AIG UK, and the Crown Estate. The Aberdeen office is a key component in the firm's success and in spite of the slump in oil price which has had a major impact on the industry it continues to thrive. Lawyers from the firm's Aberdeen office have advised on numerous high profile transactions during the year including the sale of Summit Petroleum Limited and its subsidiary companies to Aberdeen-based Ithaca Energy for $170million on behalf of the Sumitomo Corporation and the divestment of LAPS (E&P) Limited to Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited by Noble Energy Inc. Further projects include the decommissioning by Endeavour Energy UK Limited of the Renee, Rubie, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Hamish fields in the North Sea, the disposal by Tullow Oil of its interests in the Schooner and Ketch Fields in the North Sea to Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum and the purchase of Central North Sea Fibre Telecommunications Company Limited and related assets from BP by Tampnet AS.
Chris Tonner on crowdfunding "[It’s] like standing in Union Street naked and asking people for clothes" I’M CHRIS Tonner, managing director and executive chef at Beetroot Restaurants. I've never been shy when it comes to trying something different in business. I closed a successful restaurant and replaced it with a totally new dining concept in the city to great success and accolade in early 2014. This new concept was born as Adelphi Kitchen and has been a huge success, gathering an almost cult following, with many of our customers becoming repeat visitors on a regular basis. I knew I wanted to use this following to drive the business forward and build upon our success in-house by introducing an Adelphi Kitchen BBQ Experience where we bring the best of what we do at Adelphi Kitchen to a venue of the client’s choice. The idea was developed from outside catering and brings a customised food hut paired with the Angus and Oink Hot Sauce. We knew that money was available within the business to fund this, but we wanted to do some market research prior to the launch. A discussion with one of my advisors established that crowdfunding could be the ideal way to not only pay for the venture, but to test the market and see what the response would be. There was a mixed response from business acquaintances regarding the decision to crowd-fund the project with some suggesting that it says we are struggling as a business, or that it could kill the business, but I knew in my heart it was the right thing to do. If business giants like Microsoft, Coke, Garmin and Honda can use crowdfunding and it doesn't hurt their business I could use it to the benefit of mine. Also there are plenty examples of local success, with Food Story and Summerhouse drinks, to name a couple. So in March this year we did all the preparation and launched our crowdfunder on the Kickstarter platform which we decided after extensive research was best suited to our needs.
I wasn't truly prepared for the intensity of the experience. One previous successful crowdfunder told me that facilitating a campaign was like standing in Union Street naked and asking people for clothes. And to be fair this is a perfect analogy. It's no quick fix, it's certainly not easy and it is an emotional journey but it is worth every second of stress. It's a research project like no other, it's amazing how honest people are about a crowdfunded project where they wouldn't be if you were just conducting research. We were delighted when the campaign became fully funded a few days before deadline and then closed over-funded by over £1,000. When the campaign was over, it was time to gather information from our backers and get everything sorted out for delivery. I would wholeheartedly recommend to any business to consider a crowdfunder as a viable option for not only research but funding.
“Be prepared, construct good rewards that people will buy into, and be prepared to work at it” Chris Tonner, managing director, Beetroot Restaurants
But be prepared, construct good rewards that people will buy into, and be prepared to work at it during the day too. It's a lot of work running a campaign, in fact I hired in extra support to assist with this. It has however allowed us to not only interact more with our audience but to massively raise brand awareness with our existing audience, new audiences and much further afield, with press coverage coming from all over Scotland. It has allowed us to launch our new service successfully, with bookings increasing week on week, it has increased attendance in house as well as added to sales of Angus & Oink sauces in-house. Crowdfunding is definitely an option that many businesses should consider as a tool for their business funding and research but bear in mind it isn't for everyone, it is a lot of hard work but it is also a lot of fun. Meanwhile, keep your eyes peeled for the Ultimate Adelphi Kitchen/Angus & Oink BBQ experience coming to a location near you soon.
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Member News Pinsent Masons wins popularity contest INTERNATIONAL law firm Pinsent Masons has been ranked as the most popular legal brand in Scotland by the country’s most senior company lawyers. New research from independent market research agency Acritas rates Pinsent Masons as the second strongest legal brand in the UK Law Firm Index overall and it has broken into the top 10 most popular legal brands in the strategically critical London market for the first time. With more than 500 staff employed in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, it is the only firm with a substantive presence in Scotland to be recognised in the London market ranking. The Acritas Sharplegal 2014 programme, which surveyed over 350 UK general counsel on their familiarity and favourability towards law firms, cites Pinsent Masons' 2012 merger with Scottish market-leader McGrigors as having been critical to the firm's success in Scotland and the UK. The survey also sought the views of a further 200 “elite” (£500m+ revenue organisations) non-UK senior corporate counsel who were asked which firms they used most for their UK-based legal needs.
A taste of Aberdeen City and Shire VISITSCOTLAND is encouraging businesses across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire to make the most of their local produce in the Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015, by getting involved in VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme Taste Our Best. Participating in the Taste Our Best Quality Assurance scheme gives businesses the opportunity to stand apart and become recognised as delivering the very best Scottish food and drink experience in the spotlight of 2015. To date, 56 businesses across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire have been awarded with Taste Our Best, offering them a unique opportunity to market their business to consumers.
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Taste Our Best was showcased as part of VisitScotland’s spring/summer 2014 promotion through press activity including The Herald and Daily Record, direct mailers, on pack promotions with Drambuie. Further activity included prominent banner adverts on websites including Nigella and BBC Good Food and radio trails on local and national stations across England and Wales. All of this activity encourages visitors to Scotland to look out for the Taste Our Best logo when looking for an authentic local dining experience. VisitScotland is encouraging other businesses in the region to step up to the plate and be recognised for supporting local produce. Earlier in the year VisitScotland announced new fees to participate in Taste Our Best meaning it is now more affordable than ever to get involved.
Nursing ambitions to become a chocolatier
Felicity Macdonald on starting up
by Felicity Macdonald, Felicity's Chocolates
MY JOURNEY to becoming a chocolatier all began in an airport departure lounge — I never set out to do what I do now. On the way to a family celebration, I bought a magazine about decorating cupcakes and saw an article on using edible transfer sheets. I was really intrigued, so when I got home I ordered some sheets — and that’s how it all started. I was already using cupcakes to promote a children’s party business I was running, and I was offering samples to show how I could personalise cupcakes with chocolate shapes. However, it quickly became clear that there was much stronger demand for the shapes than for the cupcakes — or the parties! — so I switched direction. I sourced a software package to create a commercial edible transfer print service, began honing my chocolatier skills — I now only use luxury Belgian chocolate — and launched Felicity’s Chocolate in 2013. Until then, I’d had had a career as a nurse. I joined the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps after a postqualification stint in the NHS and went on to see active service in the First Gulf War. After leaving the forces, I moved back to the North-east, became a staff nurse and met my husband Rory, who’s a fixed-wing air ambulance pilot.
I carried on working after our sons Hamish, who’s now 11, and nine-yearold William were born but then their childminder moved on. We couldn’t find a replacement, so I decided to leave the NHS and start a business. I needed the flexibility to be able to work around the kids, be there during school holidays and if one was off school sick. Although Felicity’s Chocolate is still a home-based enterprise, it’s growing fast. I now have one employee and last year I bought another business — Berryscrumptious, which specialises in using locally-sourced fruits in chocolate slabs and truffles. They work perfectly together, and I can expand both under the Felicity’s Chocolate umbrella as well as exploring new ideas such as running print-your-own chocolate workshops. Recently I secured my first order with Aberdeen FC, supplying more than 700 boxes of hand-made chocolates to May’s Player of the Year Dinner, and the Pittodrie shop now stocks AFCbranded chocolates. I’ve also been a Grampian Food Forum Innovation finalist three times — in 2012, 2013, and 2014 — and my eye is firmly fixed on the main prize. Being an entrepreneur can sometimes be very lonely as you can’t be sure you’re always making the right decision, but it’s also very liberating and exciting and I know I have a business with huge potential.
Member News Cornerstone investment THE founder of The Big Issue, John Bird MBE, has announced a £500,000 investment in Scottish social care charity Cornerstone. Mr Bird revealed the information at the second annual Nick Baxter Memorial Lecture at the Robert Gordon University. During the lecture he praised the work of Nick Baxter and Cornerstone, citing how the charity’s ethos was closely related to that of The Big Issue. The investment will be used to help Cornerstone provide care and support services for adults, young people and children across Scotland who live with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and other support needs.
Malcolm Laing Cornerstone Deputy Chair, Edel Harris Cornerstone Chief Executive, John Bird MBE and Louise Baxter Nick Baxter's wife
The lecture series was set up last year in memory of Nick Baxter, the founder and former chief executive of Cornerstone, as well as in recognition of his groundbreaking work and entrepreneurial spirit. John set up The Big Issue, one of the UK’s leading social businesses, which exists to offer homeless people, or individuals at risk of homelessness, the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, in 1991. Edel Harris, Cornerstone chief executive, said: “Cornerstone is extremely pleased to be working with Big Issue Invest. We have been discussing a joint project for some time and are absolutely delighted that they have agreed to invest a significant amount of money in support of Cornerstone.”
Energetica festival A SUMMER festival celebrating the beauty and variety of the Energetica corridor has been expanded across the summer as it goes into its third year. It includes guided walks and wildlife spotting, a farmers’ market, brewery tour and film screening and runs from May until August showcasing the stunning coastal scenery and diverse wildlife of the corridor from the north of Aberdeen to Peterhead. A special Instagram account (Energetica_uk) has been set up for participants to share photographs they take during the events in the Energetica corridor using the hashtag #energeticafest. Energetica Development Manager, James Welsh, said: “Last year’s festival was very popular and we have built on that to make this year’s event even bigger and better and offer more activities which show just how much this area has to offer. “The Energetica Summer Festival is a unique opportunity to discover the delights of the natural environment right on your doorstep. Under the guidance of our experts, people can discover how much there is to see, do and learn about this stunning area.” Most events are free, but places are limited and booking is essential. For the full programme, and to book, go to www.energetica.uk.com/festival2015.
Red Mist acquisition AVC Media, the media and communications company, has acquired Red Mist Media. The acquisition is part of the business’s ambitious growth strategy and the partnership will allow AVC Media to expand its service offering. Red Mist Media provides a range of premium and results driven online media services for the energy industry. Red Mist Media has 41 news and media channels including Your Industry News and The Cable Directory, along with business to business directories, online corporate profiles and information platforms. The acquisition comes as AVC Media prepares for its move to new premises in Grandholm. 30
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CHAMBER SEEKS MEMBERS' VIEWS ON PROPOSED EU-US TRADE DEAL
Winds of change reveal a failure of policy by Brian Wilson
WHATEVER your views about recent court decisions, the economic challenges being faced by offshore wind will have more impact than any litigation. Indeed, the whole focus of the offshore wind industry has moved steadily south with the few consented Scottish projects facing ongoing funding difficulties. The problem is that the Scottish coast has very few shallow water sites close to shore which allow the economics of offshore wind, even under the existing subsidy regime, to stack up. The south of England has plenty. Last month, Siemens gained planning consent for a ÂŁ170million wind turbine factory which will create hundreds of jobs. Its first customer is Scottish Power with an order for 100 turbines. It would be pleasing to report that this development is to take place in Scotland which has so far failed, in spite of all the hype about renewables, to attract any job-creating project of this kind. Unfortunately, Siemens has chosen Hull as the place to invest, because of its proximity to offshore developments. While future subsidy for offshore projects is secure, albeit capped by the Contract for Difference auction process, there is no such certainty for onshore wind.
One of the new Government’s tricky decisions is how to handle onshore wind subsidies in Scotland. The Conservatives came to power with the promise that they would end onshore wind subsidies and it is relatively straightforward for them to implement this in England where there is a great deal of opposition to any land-based wind farm proposals. However the Scottish situation is different, with the Scottish Government still strongly committed to onshore wind which is, really, the only renewables show in town. However, the industry is dependent on subsidy paid for by consumers throughout the UK. It would be a good argument for the new Energy Secretary Amber Rudd to sidestep by agreeing that Scotland should pursue its own policy even if a little bit of largesse from English consumers is involved. The alternative is to walk straight into the allegation of killing off an industry which Scotland, generally, supports. The real issue in Scotland should then be that, of the thousands of wind turbines now adorning our hillsides, only a handful have created a single manufacturing job here. That is a failure of policy which the Scottish Government prefers not to talk about.
Brian Wilson looks at the issues facing North-east business. A journalist and former Labour MP, he held five ministerial posts including UK Energy Minister. He is now a UK Business Ambassador, and chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides
Member News European accolade AN ENGINEER who has played a pivotal role in delivering a major North Sea project for Ramboll Oil & Gas has been recognised as one of the top young engineering talents in Europe. Francesca Del Din won second place in the Young Professional of the Year awards run by the EFCA (European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations). Francesca received the accolade for her role as engineering manager for Statoil’s Gina Krog Field Development project in the Norwegian sector, where Ramboll is carrying out the design of the subsea pipelines. The field – one of Statoil’s major developments - is situated 230km south-west of Stavanger and is due to start production in 2017. Francesca Del Din pipeline engineer, Ramboll
Ramboll Oil & Gas is part of the Ramboll Group and the competition was won by Anne Maloney who works for the group for her role as project manager for the Queensferry Crossing Project – one of the most extensive construction projects in Scotland in recent times.
Wick campus wins global prize WICK Community Campus has been hailed as one of the best educational developments in Europe after judges awarded hub North Scotland a prize at an international awards ceremony. The £48.5million project is being delivered by hub North Scotland on behalf of the Highland Council and has been given a seal of approval by experts leading the 2015 Partnerships Awards. At a ceremony in London the Wick project claimed gold in the "best education project" category - ahead of nominations from as far afield as the Philippines, Poland and France. Closer to home, Levenmouth High School was the other Scottish contender on the shortlist and a project from Ireland was also in the running. Recognising the best in public private partnerships, the Partnerships Awards are now in their 17th year and reward companies for working on new projects as well as on operational schemes. Wick Community Campus is set to replace the existing Wick High School, South Primary and Pultneytown Academy Primary School and incorporates a new library and swimming pool in a design which is set to serve both pupils and people within the town and the surrounding area. In addition, hub North Scotland is also driving the construction of the nearby £14.5million Noss Primary School which will cater for nearly 400 pupils. Hub North Scotland comprises Alba Community Partnerships (a joint venture of Galliford Try Investments, Equitix and Sweett Investment Services), Scottish Futures Trust and 16 Northern Territory Partners, working with local suppliers and contractors to deliver quality buildings and services. The company has completed its own project closer to home with the opening of its brand new office. It cut the ribbon on its new headquarters at Thistle Place in Aberdeen as it gears up for a number of its current construction projects to be completed by the end of the year.
Can food & drink give an aspirational career? by Gordon Gibb
Gordon Gibb on creating a career
director, Polaris Learning Ltd
I HAVE been involved in the food and drink industry all my working life. And I have seen time and time again the wide variety of interesting, challenging and rewarding careers that are available to anyone working in this field. Yet, as an industry, we consistently struggle to attract new recruits. Why is it? From my perspective, there is still a common misconception that a job in the food industry is either low paid in the hospitality sector or a monotonous job in an unpleasant factory environment. And it certainly is not seen as a job to aspire to or a career with good financial rewards. This is surprising when we think about how much good work is being done to encourage people to think about a career in the food & drink industry. As people working in this sector, whatever your role, we need to continue getting the message out that there is a world of opportunity for people who are prepared to put in the hard work. We need to make sure that the younger generation through to the more mature know that there are good, long term career prospects in our industry. We need to keep telling them that there is a vast array of careers available in this industry.
From food scientists and technologists, food safety, the development of new food products, specialists in quality assurance to engineers, technicians and people working in human resources, marketing or in corporate affairs. The list of career opportunities is endless! From farm to plate, bakery and confectionery, butchers and fishmongers, distilling and brewing to dairy, from retail to wholesale, small start ups through to vast global production companies there is a niche for everyone. And the people who work hard do build rewarding and interesting careers. Communicating our message is vital if the food and drink industry in Scotland is going to achieve its full potential: by 2017 the sector will need 137,000 new recruits, with 45,000 of these being required for managerial roles and professional jobs. And in the North-east of Scotland, this pipeline of recruits is particularly important. We are very lucky to have a high concentration of successful food and drink companies: from the very small trading locally to the large trading globally. So we need to keep working together to make sure there is a pipeline of enthusiastic and talented people who are as passionate about the food and drink industry as we are ... and who see this sector as the sector of choice for their career.
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“Our website is the gateway into the Chamber – it aims to inspire, guide and engage” Liam Smyth membership director
THE Chamber connects with the business community on many levels and through a variety of channels, one of its main platforms being its website at agcc.co.uk. Last month, the Chamber relaunched its site, which gives the North-east business community access to all the Chamber news, information and insight as well as to booking on to its events and training courses. Membership director Liam Smyth said that the new site was an important link with the membership. “Our website is the gateway into the Chamber – it aims to inspire, guide and engage. It presents our distinctive brand and hopefully reflects the Chamber’s professional and welcoming personality.
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“Months of strategy and development have produced a cutting-edge site that places positive user experience at its heart. “We are all delighted with the end result and look forward to watching the Chamber’s digital message grow from this dynamic new platform.” Key points of the new website include: • Clearer navigation guiding the user to what they find relevant and interesting • A personal account area for each registered user, where they can sign up for enewsletters and the Chamber magazine, check their bookings and store important Chamber reports and papers. • Password-protected content allowing the Chamber to give greater value to its members through the provision of industry insight
“We want members to be able to access information wherever they are and whenever they want, and we want the experience to be a positive one.
• An improved news section where members can see their own news and images, as well as filter content to appropriate industry sectors
“The new site is all part of our ongoing work to maintain our position as the ultimate business network.”
• More evidence-based information, with relevant statistics and testimonials throughout the site, all presented in the Chamber’s distinctive brand
AGCC was last year judged the number one Chamber in the UK by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and has been recognised as number one for training and events in the UK for the previous two years in BCC benchmarking studies. The work was carried out in partnership with Hampton Associates. Creative director Scott Hunter said: “It’s been a fantastic experience working with the team at the Chamber on the new website.
• A new responsive design which makes viewing simple across PCs, tablets and smartphones • A new blogs section, featuring the thoughts and opinions of regional business leaders • A snapshot of what the Chamber is saying across other platforms, from the Business Bulletin to Twitter
Member News Mexico trade mission FOLLOWING the success of the Mexico inward trade mission earlier this year, the Chamber, in partnership with UKTI is organising a trade mission to Mexico in the autumn. The mission aims to help delegates reach their international goals by exploring and understanding the current opportunities for their products and services in the region. Delegates will also have the chance to meet target customers and potential partners whilst showcasing their product. There are also a number of other benefits that come with participation in the trade mission. All delegates will receive entry to Energy Day with a delegate stand displaying company logos and materials. The trade mission will take place between Saturday September 26 and Friday October 2 arriving in Mexico City before travelling to Villahermosa for one-to-one meeting sessions and a dinner hosted by the Tabasco Government. The mission will then move on to Ciudad del Carmen to visit Mexican Prime Contractors
and one-to-one meeting sessions facilitated by the Campeche Government and ProMexico. Since 2014, the Mexican Energy Reform has opened new opportunities in the Mexican oil and gas sector for both UK and global companies across all areas including support for maintaining production in declining fields, achieving a more efficient exploitation of proven reserves, increasing security and minimizing environmental impact. Flights and accommodation are not included in the mission costs. Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce will appoint a travel agent who will provide a competitive travel package.
Chamber president Alec Carstairs addresses the Mexican president in Aberdeen earlier this year
To express an interest in joining this trade mission please contact Joan Young at internationaltrade@agcc.co.uk or 01224 343962. Alternatively if you would like to discuss further opportunities in Mexico and the benefits of attending trade missions contact Liam Smyth at liam.smyth@agcc.co.uk or 01224 343920.
Pick of the bunch at cHeRries THE winners of the annual cHeRries Awards, recognising excellence in human resources, recruitment and training in north east Scotland have been announced., Robert Gordon University teaching fellow and human resource management group lead, Anne Stevenson, picked up the peernominated Top cHeRry Award. The RGU Golden cHeRry honour recognises an outstanding contribution in the field of HR and was awarded to Chris Taylor from Subsea 7. The event was jointly organised by Aberdeen-based branding and design agency Hampton Associates, and HR, training and recruitment consultancy The Urquhart Partnership
for her Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development-accredited human resource management MSc • Extraordinary HR Initiative: GE Oil & Gas. Category sponsor - Petrofac • Fantastic HR Advisor: Shari Norris, Petrofac. Category sponsor - Wood Group PSN • Tremendous Training and Development: (joint winners) Baxters Food Group and Subsea 7. Category sponsor - Maersk Oil North Sea UK • Finders Keepers Recruitment: Eva Hagan, Maersk Oil North Sea UK. Category sponsor Thorpe Molloy Recruitment. • Excellent HR Manager: Kirstian Findlay, Baxters Food Group. Category sponsor ActivPayroll
The winners were:
• Exemplary Employer of Choice. Burness Paull LLP. Category Sponsor - CMS
• The cHeRries Blossoming Award: Marie Linderoth, Sodexo. Category sponsor Aberdeen Business School at The Robert Gordon University. Marie receives full funding
• Outstanding HR Director: Mike Fraser, Peterson. Category sponsor - Amec Foster Wheeler
POLICY | JULY 2015
Policy Update Chamber seeks members' views on proposed EU-US trade deal THE Chamber is seeking feedback from members about the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and United States. TTIP aims to remove barriers to trade between the EU and the US by eliminating customs duties and homogenising regulations. Currently, European exporters to the US encounter problems like duplicated safety compliance procedures. The benefits of TTIP would be to make trade with the US more open, simpler and less costly - a welcome development for the 37% of Chamber members who found foreign regulations to be a barrier to exporting. However, some aspects of the TTIP plan have been considered more controversial. The inclusion of a clause on Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) would enable private corporations to sue governments who breach protection commitments. Likewise, there is concern about the impact on UK public services if the market is opened up and whether the US would respect European policies such as Protected Food Names. Furthermore, the EU has asked that the US commit to exporting its domestic crude oil to Europe. The US banned this export in 1975 and has so far kept the issue out of the TTIP negotiations.
Nevertheless, if the proposal is accepted it could potentially impact businesses in Aberdeen’s upstream oil and gas sector. More negotiating rounds will take place in the European Commission before an agreement can be reached. Over the coming months the Chamber will be lobbying Scottish MEPs to ensure the views of Scottish businesses are reflected in the negotiations. The policy team has developed a discussion paper that explains TTIP’s proposals and invites members to submit their opinions in order to inform the Chamber’s position on TTIP as it works with MEPs.
34% of business export to the US, according to the Chamber's latest International Trade survey
The paper can be found on the Chamber website. Members can return their feedback to research and policy assistant, Irina Bonavino, at irina.bonavino@agcc.co.uk. Policy team introduces its new staff member Last month the Chamber welcomed Irina Bonavino as its new research and policy assistant. She will be covering the Chamber’s policy executive, Rachel Elliott, as she goes on maternity leave. Irina is looking forward to meeting more members in the coming months and helping ensure the views of North-east businesses are well represented in government. Please contact Irina if you have any policy enquiries and follow her on Twitter at @AGCC_Irina for frequent updates on the policy work of the Chamber.
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Stewart Spence Right to reply
by Stewart Spence
owner, The Marcliffe Hotel & Spa “IN THE 1986 downturn when oil went from $40 to $9 a barrel, the city emptied almost overnight but certainly within three months the place was deserted, nobody was here, all the oil men had been shipped back to America and the place was dead. “I, as one of the founder members of the Hotel Association went to have a meeting with Gordon Hendry, the then Director of Tourism for Aberdeen City Council and four of us sat there in his office. “He said, ‘Well gentlemen, what can I do for you today?’ with a smirk on his face. “We said, ‘Gordon, the hotels are empty, there’s no one to be seen anywhere, where are all the tourists?’ "He looked at us and said, ‘Gentlemen, can I tell you something? "‘About 10 to 15 years ago, when oil arrived you told all the tourists to bleep, bleep, off, that’s why there’s no tourists.’ “This was absolutely true because in the 1960s and 70s, all tourist came by packages. “You couldn’t book your own like you do on the internet nowadays, it all came through tour organisers who came the year before to negotiate rates and screwed you into the ground, so when oil came it was fantastic we never needed to look at another tourist.
Stewart replies to last month's Business Bites by Tony Mackay
“I was about to open a hotel in Banchory in 1986 and I was panicking, so I think ‘never again will I have all my eggs in one basket.’ “So I started doing sales trips to America with the Scottish Tourist Board and Small Luxury Hotels of the World and getting into the golf business and going to the PGA golf show in Orlando every year. “This climaxed two years ago with 1,800 room nights for American golfers and I always spent money marketing to tourists as I will never be 100% dependant on the oil and gas industry in the event of a downturn such as this and the one we had in 1986.”
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BUSINESS LESSONS | JULY 2015
Business lessons I’ve learned
What is the toughest lesson you have learned in business?
Amanda McCulloch managing director, Thorpe Molloy Recruitment Ltd
Based in Aberdeen since 1997 Thorpe Molloy Recruitment specialises in Executive, Accountancy & Finance, Business Development & Sales, Commercial Contracts, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing, Office Personnel, QHSE, Professional Trades and Supply Chain resourcing. The team manages entry level to board level assignments across all local sectors and can be contacted on 01224 327 000 and www.thorpemolloy.com.
There have been a few. When I was younger, starting out in managerial roles, I had to learn pretty quickly not to take things personally and to trust my own judgements. I’ve learned never to look back with regret, always look forward and push on but learn from your mistakes. As the business has grown and matured we’ve had to robustly defend our market share as start-up companies and new entrants have targeted Aberdeen – a taste of our own medicine from almost 20 years ago, we never rest on our laurels. Most recently I’ve also learned to factor in contingencies. We began executing our current five-year plan in early 2014, macro-economic events entirely out with our control have necessitated unexpected revisions to that plan.
If you could change one thing in terms of your business environment, what would it be and why? Perception. As a local SME, our ability to fulfil board level appointments is constantly challenged during the tender process. However, prospective candidates are astonished when they learn that larger, national firms are working on their particular local assignment of interest, negating the local knowledge. Engaging a local company does not mean the search will be insular as our reach is expansive.
Which of your company values means most to you and why? Our values - integrity, quality, relationships and spirit - all carry equal importance, but for me, spirit is our differentiator. It reflects the attitude we bring to our work and the energy within our team, the team spirit. Another facet of spirit is exemplified in our internal annual Thorpe and Molloy Business Awards. This inclusive celebration of success is always a very uplifting end to our financial year.
What is the biggest barrier to growth for your business at this moment? For a company which specialises in talent acquisition, the most alarming outcome of the collapse in the oil price and subsequent economic impact locally has been the extensive job losses and pervasive reduction in recruitment.
If you could make one thing happen tomorrow that would benefit North-east Scotland, what would it be? This is difficult to say without sounding critical, which isn’t my intention, but I think a more visionary outlook is urgently needed to ensure the city of Aberdeen flourishes in the future, beyond oil and gas.
We have utilised the training services of the Chamber, it’s a constant source of constructive relationship building and networking and I value the research work and policy narratives which are relevant, informative and incisive. The Northern Star awards have showcased our achievements, in particular in 2010 when we won the CSR Award for our collaboration work with local schools through our art competition “My Future Aspirations” and personally, in 2004 when I was awarded Rising Star, there’s no doubt the awareness that created led to new client work which has been sustained to this day.
How has being a member of the AGCC helped your company?
“As the business has grown and matured we’ve had to robustly defend our market share as start-up companies and new entrants have targeted Aberdeen – a taste of our own medicine from almost 20 years ago, we never rest on our laurels.”
What is your favourite part of Aberdeen city or shire? I’ve a fondness for the west end of the city because my whole career has been spent working in that area of Aberdeen. I think the granite buildings are impressive and it is heartening to see them being developed and adapted for 21st century working and living.
What do you do to relax? My husband and I are currently working through the Game of Thrones boxset, so some binge TV along with a glass of fizz is a guilty pleasure. I love a musical, so dinner and then on to see a performance of Wicked would be perfect.
August focuses on the third sector Encouraging entrepreneurship with the Lens project — Carers Scotland looks at how you can manage flexible working in an ageing population — Find out how you can Celebrate Aberdeen — Interview Ian Marr of Aberdeen's YMCA
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HOT TOPIC | JULY 2015
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What one thing would you save from your desk in an evacuation? “THE first thing I would grab from my desk is my invaluable 'red book'. I have always had a red book - the cover says 'Keep Calm and Carry On' - and it contains everything from my contacts and my notes from meetings to my thoughts and reflections on things. I really wouldn't like to lose it because it is quite personal to me.
Pamela Mackenzie,
“I do have my laptop, my iPad and all my gadgets but I am an old-fashioned girl and I like to write things down in my book. I would hope I would also be able to grab my phone and my family photograph but the book would be first. I am in charge of quality, service delivery and development for Sue Ryder in Scotland and it contains a host of information and contacts to help ensure the best possible end of life and neurological care for our patients and residents and to guide our strategy for Scotland.”
assistant director Scotland, Sue Ryder
“I WOULD probably grab the photos of my family I have on my desk which always make me smile and often remind me when I am staying late at the office that I should switch off my computer and go home. My family are my biggest source of support and I hope that I make my family proud and that my kids see that you can be a mum and have a career which makes a difference to people’s lives by helping people with substance problems recover. Also, I know by doing this job at Drugs Action, we are helping improve the lives of many families across Aberdeen. What job could be better than that?”
Luan Grugeon, chief executive, Drugs Action
“THE first thing I would grab is definitely my phone because it contains all the apps which make life a little easier for me. Every day we meet people from all over the world at Aberdeen airport and I use Flight Tracker so I know exactly where their aircraft is, rather than have to count on the arrivals board; I have an app to enable me to print to the office printer from my phone; I have an app to enable to ensure that wherever guests are staying the broadband speed is always what it should be; and a host of others. “Having grabbed my phone, my car keys would be next on the list because we have apartments all over Aberdeen and the North-east and if I am not behind my desk I seem to be behind the wheel.”
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THE winner of last month’s competition to win a pair of Caledonian Sleeper tickets is Elaine Sutherland, finance controller at Gourmet’s Choice.
This month in tweets... Frasermedia @frasermedia Delighted to announce we are finalists in the @AGCCevents @chambertalk Northern Star Business Awards! #timetoshine
Members of the Chamber who use our documentation team to export overseas took to Twitter to declare that they were proud to use their local Chamber.
Winning tweet
Anthony Drew @AntOgilvieRoss Great night with @chambertalk and the @AGCCevents On Leadership event with @gavinesler. #storytelling
GourmetsChoice @suthofportsoy We use @chambertalk when we export our goods around the world bit.ly/168h3nn @ bccexport #wellconnected
The Law Practice @TLPProerty Our leasing manager @emhiggy is looking forward to her first @chambertalk #SpeedNetworking today! #networking #Aberdeen
First out of the hat in the draw was Elaine’s tweet. Based in Portsoy, the family business has produced smoked salmon and smoked fish to the local area for over 100 years and now, with the help of the Chamber, supplies its products around the world to the finest restaurants. Elaine was somewhat bowled over by the news that she had won the first class rail tickets down to London.
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“I never win anything, so it was a bit of a surprise,” she said. She says she intends to take her husband Maurice, who is also the managing director of the firm, with her on the trip.
Don't miss out There is a chance to win every month from April to December, so look out for how to win the next pair of tickets, through events, on Twitter @chambertalk, as well as at Offshore Europe and our Northern Star Business Awards In reply to above
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“I never win anything, so it was a bit of a surprise” Elaine Sutherland, finance Controller Gourmet's Choice
- The promotion is free to members to enter and no purchase is necessary - Date of travel is subject to availability - Tickets must be claimed within one year of notification.
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TRAINING CALENDAR | JULY 2015
Training Calendar July Date
IPR (1/2 day) Be aware of your obligations and exposure to taxes
Negotiating and Influencing Tactics, the skills of persuasion necessary for success
Finance for Non Finance Managers (2 days) Understand financial accounts, balance sheets, profit and loss, and management accounts
Essential Supervisory Skills Bridging the gap between doing and supervising
Supervisor's Next Steps The next stage for supervisors who have already developed and embedded the basics
Train the Trainer If you run training courses, or coach on a one-to-one basis, then improve your technique
Essential Management Skills (2 days) New managers or managers who need to refresh or develop their skills
Assertiveness at Work Clearly communicate your point without causing conflict
August Date
Project Management - The Fundamentals Understand the typical lifecycle of a project, the role of the manager, team and stakeholders
Creating Successful Tenders/Bids Produce professional proposals/tenders which stand out from the competition
Communication and Interpersonal Skills Get messages across positively and effectively, establish rapport and build positive on-going relationships
Body Talk Relationships are the key to success - can you afford to assume that you are getting the body language right?
Communication Skills for Managers An extension of interpersonal skills and personal leadership choices
Development of Competence Based Systems (1/2 day) Get the first steps on the road to an effective in-house competence management system
Customer Service Excellence Excel at customer service, both internal and external
For more information Susan Staniforth T 01224 343917 E susan.staniforth@agcc.co.uk
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"Working with the Chamber has been excellent... it has really gone a long way to improving our performance and influencing the behaviour of our workforce" Richard Begbie, Director of HSE & Risk, Scotia Homes See the whole story http://bit.ly/1DOLn7B
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See our updated calendar at www.agcc.co.uk
July Date
Business Breakfast Thistle Airport, Aberdeen
7am - 9am
IMI CCI Annual Golf Shield (invitation only) Newmacher Golf Club, Aberdeenshire
Sean Fitzpatrick OnLeadership DATE: September 28, 2015 TIME: 6pm-9pm
EVENTS CALENDAR | JULY 2015
VENUE: Adrdoe House Hotel and Spa, Aberdeen
Business Breakfast Thistle Altens, Aberdeen
Vanguard Lunch (invitation only) Thistle Caledonian, Aberdeen
12pm - 2.30pm
Maximise your Membership AGCC, Aberdeen
City Connections Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
Offshore Europe Business Breakfast AECC, Aberdeen
7.30am - 9.30am
Offshore Europe Evening Reception (invitation only)
AGCC, Aberdeen
Book events online at www.agcc.co.uk/book
Sean Fitzpatrick, rugby star and former All Black, is the speaker in the next in the Chamber’s acclaimed OnLeadership series. One of the most capped players in the world, Sean is a truly inspiring motivational speaker, relating his experience and successes as an All Black Captain to being successful in business. He is founder of the sport-tobusiness leadership company Front Row Leadership offering consultation, leadership and motivational advice to senior global management at companies such as Microsoft, Renaissance Capital, Hewlett Packard, Nestle, General Motors and Heinz. Sean played 92 international rugby matches for the All Blacks from 1986-1998, including a world record of 63 consecutive Test matches and 51 Test matches as captain of New Zealand.
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ON THE MOVE | JULY 2015
Nabeel Siddiqui
Barry Marshall
Simmons & Company International Ltd (SCIL) has appointed a new director to its London office. Nabeel Siddiqui has more than 12 years of experience in oil and gas investment banking and private equity roles and joins SCIL from upstream oil and gas focused private equity firm Epi-V LLP, where he was latterly based in its London office.
First Integrated Safety Solutions has appointed Barry Marshall as sales manager for the winch and deck machinery division.
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, the UK-wide commercial law firm, has boosted its real estate practice with the appointment of Aberdeenbased David Rose and Alexis Condie, who joins the firm’s Edinburgh team.
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has promoted David Brown to global lead group director oil and gas.
Captain Tom Hutchison
Bruce Craig
Paul Hogan
Behavioural change consultancy Optimus Seventh Generation has appointed Mark Hutchinson as business development manager and promoted James Cooke to client manager.
Captain Tom Hutchison has been appointed as the new harbour master for Montrose Port Authority (MPA).
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed litigator Bruce Craig to join its 30-strong oil and gas team in Aberdeen.
Alba Power has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Paul Hogan as sales engineer.
He will head up the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Europe’s oil capital, focusing on contentious issues in the oil and gas, shipping, and health and safety sectors.
Paul, who joins the growing team comes with plentiful experience having served time as a marine engineer in the Royal Navy, before working with Gas Turbines.
Barry will be responsible for developing customer relationships and exploring new opportunities for the safety critical services company
Tom has detailed knowledge of the operational workings of Montrose Port having been pilot and assistant harbour master from 2000 to 2012.
Previously managing director of the UK, David has more than 30 years’ experience in polymer technology for automotive, aerospace and general industrial applications.
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Leigh Stott
Ian Donaldson
Claire Coutts & Michael Lorimer
HR company Hunter Adams has appointed Leigh Stott as managing director as it targets further growth in the UK market.
Ian Donaldson, a former business banker, has joined Jumpstart, the UK specialist in research and development (R&D) tax relief, as its first Aberdeen-based client engagement manager dedicated to the oil and gas industry.
Property agent Ryden has announced six promotions across its UK offices.
She has taken over from Dean Hunter, the company’s owner and founder.
Among them are two senior planning consultants promoted to associate - Claire Coutts and Michael Lorimer - who are based in the firm’s consulting team in Aberdeen.
Leigh joined the firm in 2011 from Wood Group PSN, where she was HR manager for international operations.
Keith Davidson & Abdullah Malik
Shaun Young
Hans Steuten
Absoft is expanding the reach of its SAP Integrated Support Services division, building on its strengths in the energy, public and private sectors to offer lifeline SAP expertise to companies facing cost challenges and skills shortages.
Independent Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas LLP has appointed Shaun Young as director of employer solutions in a move to expand the number of services and breadth of advice available to clients.
Hans Steuten has been appointed as head of commercialisation support at Robert Gordon University (RGU) where he is responsible for the implementation of the university’s commercialisation strategy.
Keith Davidson has been appointed integrated support services director and leads the further development of Absoft’s range of products and support packages for businesses from local and national government organisations to SMEs and major multinationals. Abdullah Malik has been appointed service delivery manager, taking ownership of the division’s provision of services to clients and managing Absoft’s Partner Centre of Excellence and ISO accreditations.
Shaun will develop a new employer solutions service line within Campbell Dallas’s tax consultancy group.
Sarah Reid & Emanuele Coss
Dawn Kane & Douglas Brand
John Bell Pipeline Equipment Company Limited, a member of the global Bianco Group, now has a dedicated sales team to focus solely on global export business with primary focus on the Middle East and Caspian regions.
CHAP Group has appointed two key members of staff as the company continues to target strategic growth.
Sarah Reid, previously internal sales, has been promoted to export sales manager. Following a recruitment drive to keep up with increased demand Emanuele Coss has joined the team from a European flange manufacturer.
The Westhill-based group, which operates divisions in the construction, commercial property, house building, civil engineering and quarrying sectors, has appointed Dawn Kane as business development manager and Douglas Brand as senior estimator. Dawn will have a wide range of responsibilities from identifying and pursuing business opportunities to developing client and industry contacts. Douglas will oversee compiling tenders for new projects, preparing proposal documents and information gathering among other key functions.
Mhari Mitchell & Dr Olgha Asatiani
Mark Goonan
Tina Sibley
RS Occupational Health has two key members of staff for the company’s new £1.25million state-of-the-art medical centre in Dyce.
AEL, an international provider of electrical products and services, has appointed Mark Goonan to its Aberdeen-based team as operations manager.
Tina Sibley has joined leadership coaching and training company On Purpose as development coach.
Heading up the medical team at Dyce will be Dr Olgha Asatiani who began her career as an emergency care physician and has several years of experience in topside, medic supervision and training in areas such as emergency care, disaster preparedness and evidence-based medicine in the USA, Africa and Europe. In her new role, she will be responsible for all clinical aspects of the Dyce centre, including clinical supervision of the team of topside doctors and the occupational health physicians and nurses conducting services. In addition, Mhari Mitchell has been named as commercial manager for the new remote care medical centre. 46
He will manage the logistics and sales departments as well as working closely with recently-appointed business development manager Lee Hart in growing the company’s customer base.
This coincides with their move into new offices at the Netherton Business Centre in Kemnay.
Member News Remote medical centre first RS OCCUPATIONAL Health is to invest more than £1.25million in a purpose-built, state-of-the-art medical centre which it says will herald a new era in remote care for the oil and gas industry. Up to 17 new jobs will be created by remote medical centre which will be Aberdeen’s first and only of this kind. The centre will provide comprehensive topside and emergency response support to the offshore sector and will be fully equipped with cutting edge remote diagnostic technology. It will be fully staffed round the clock, 365 days a year with clinical personnel all of whom are highly experienced in remote medicine, A&E or trauma and have a thorough understanding of the offshore industry. RS Occupational Health co-founder Fiona Willis said: “Our new clinic will be strategically located at Dyce, less than five minutes from the heliport and airport, to ensure swift access to care for our services users.
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Beretta - Overrated, Underwhelming.
You know that "...Really?" segment of SNL's weekend update? That's exactly how I feel about this place...
People wait outrageously long to get a table here, and it's always packed? Really?
40 minutes to get drinks, and even longer for 2 small plates? Really?
$6 for 2 slices of bread with some beans and pancetta on top? And it wasn't even seasoned correctly. Really?
You're going to charge me for bread? Really?
I'm sure I'm going to hear about this one, but I just don't get it. To me this is the most overrated restaurant I've been to in SF. Everyone raves about it, but why? Is it because they have such an extensive cocktail menu? Okay I'll admit, their cocktails are really fantastic, and I would definitely swing by here on my way home for drinks...if there was anywhere to sit.
But really what it comes down to for me is the food. The food is just ok - it seems like there is consistently a problem with the execution and seasoning of almost every dish I try. The bruschetta was underseasoned (if you're not going to use salt in the beans, don't skimp so much on the pancetta!), the squid ink risotto was overcooked and needed acid (the calamari was far too tough), the cauliflower was, again, underseasoned. And when they say small plates, they mean smaaaaaaaall. I'm not a big person, and it doesn't take a lot to fill me up, but the portions (of the small plates, obviously not the pizza or entrees) are laughable. The quality of the food is 3 stars max. And when you factor in how long you have to wait to get a table (I've been there 4 times, not even at peak hours), how slow the service is, and how little choice there is on the menu, it definitely knocks it down a peg.
The sole exception to this is the pizza, which is nothing short of incredible. I've tried the margharita with burrata and wild mushrooms (we customized our pizza), and it really took me by surprise. The thin crust was crispy but soft at the same time, the tomato sauce was spicy but not overpowering, and c'mon, who doesn't like burrata and wild mushroom? Delicious.
I would would come back here for drinks and a pizza, but that's it. I've given the rest of the menu enough chances to live up to the hype, but unfortunately, it consistently falls short. Bottom line, if I'm going to spend this kind of money on Italian food, I'm going to Delfina or SPQR.
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roamtheland says:
I had to look up what Burrata is! Sounds good-please keep it up as I am enjoying learning and reading about great food!
I haven't been there but I hope to RECTIFY that soon!
Cheeseburger!
JodyEdmondson says:
We just had a post about baretta at theculinarybeast.com... Ryan, Vince, Gabe and Crystal pour some of the most thoughtful cocktails in town. Sit at the bar for the best service. Try one of the daily entrees... The bisteak is sublime... Cheers!
Maryelle says:
I think that picture says it all...really
Uncle Michael says:
And the wrong color plate again. If your going to serve something that looks like glue for a paper mache' project gone bad, at least get the colors right!
SPQR U Seriously That Good?
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SOONER BROADCASTING COMPANY v. GROTKOP
1955 OK 29
SOONER BROADCASTING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
B.M. GROTKOP, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.
¶0 1. The question as to whether an employee, engaged by his employer, on a commission basis, to procure optional advertisers' contracts from prospective advertisers to advertise over employer's broadcasting station, may recover commissions for contracts secured during his employment where advertising did not take place until after his employment was terminated depends entirely upon the contract entered into between the employer and employee.
2. Evidence of usage or custom is not admissible to vary, add to, or contradict the plain, definite and unambiguous terms of a contract whether the contract is written or oral, or to bind a party thereto or impose a duty or an obligation on a party to such contract not incorporated therein.
3. Record examined. Held, evidence supports the findings and judgment of the trial court.
[280 P.2d 457]
Appeal from the District Court of Oklahoma County, Glen O. Morris, J.
Mosteller, Fellers, Andrews & Loving, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
[280 P.2d 458] Bert Barefoot, Jr., Oklahoma City, for defendant in error.
CORN, J.
¶1 This is an action brought by B.M. Grotkop against Sooner Broadcasting Company to recover commissions alleged to be due for procuring advertising contracts to be broadcasted over defendant's broadcasting station and incidental expenses incurred while in its employ which it agreed to pay.
¶2 The evidence in behalf of plaintiff as testified to by him shows: On January 21, 1951, he entered into an oral contract with defendant's manager whereby he was employed to procure advertising contracts for defendant, advertisements to be broadcasted over its station, and that he was to receive for his services 15 per cent commission of the gross amount of business procured by him and broadcasted over defendant's broadcasting station when paid for by the advertisers. He was to receive $95 per week as a drawing account against his commission.
¶3 He was not employed for any definite period of time, but under the contract either party had a right to terminate it at will. On April 28, 1951, the contract was terminated by defendant, and plaintiff was discharged. During the time he was employed he procured advertising contracts from fourteen different persons. The contracts were in the nature of option contracts. They provided that the customers might advertise over defendant's station for a certain period of time at fixed rates stated in the contract, with an option on their part to cancel their contract at any time. None of the customers procured by plaintiff cancelled their contracts, but advertised over defendant's broadcasting station for the period of time fixed by the contracts and paid therefor at rates specified in the contracts.
¶4 Plaintiff claims a commission for procuring such contracts in the sum of $2,672.13 and in addition thereto the sum of $21.06 expenses incurred by him while in defendant's employ and which he alleged and testified defendant agreed to pay.
¶5 Defendant in its answer denied the contract entered into between the parties was as alleged, and testified to by plaintiff and alleged that under the terms of the contract entered into between the parties plaintiff was to receive a commission of 15 per cent of the amount received for advertising time sold, serviced and collected by plaintiff while in the employ of defendant, and by way of cross-petition alleged plaintiff, while in its employ, overdrew his account in the sum of $598 for which amount it prays judgment against plaintiff.
¶6 Defendant offered evidence in support of the allegations of its answer. Defendant's foreman and manager testified the agreement entered into between the parties was as alleged in defendant's answer; that he informed plaintiff at the time the contract was entered into, and it became a part of the agreement, that plaintiff was to procure advertising contracts with the customers procured in order to hold the contracts, to consult with them in regard to the best time of day for the broadcasting of programs and announcements, to assist in preparing advertisements to be presented and advertised over defendant's broadcasting station, and to assist in collecting the accounts after broadcast, and when all these duties were performed he would be credited with the commission.
¶7 It is further testified that plaintiff overdrew his account in the amount stated in defendant's cross-petition and plaintiff concedes he did overdraw his account in a certain amount. This in substance constitutes the evidence in the case.
¶8 A jury was waived and the case was tried to the court who at the close of the evidence in substance found: A valid oral contract existed between plaintiff and defendant under which plaintiff was entitled to a commission of 15 per cent of all advertising contracts procured by him for the use and benefit of defendant where the advertisement was broadcasted by defendant and collection therefor made. Plaintiff procured eleven of the fourteen accounts claimed by him, and on such accounts he was entitled to a commission in the sum of $2,074.16; that in addition thereto he was entitled to recover from defendant the sum of $21.06 expenses incurred while in [280 P.2d 459] defendant's employ; and, further found plaintiff overdrew his account as pleaded by defendant in its cross-petition in the sum of $543.07 for which it was entitled to credit, and found that plaintiff was entitled to judgment against defendant in the total sum of $1,552.15, and entered judgment accordingly.
¶9 Defendant appeals. Its first contention is that under the evidence and contract entered into between the parties the commission which plaintiff seeks to recover had not been earned by him prior to the time his employment was terminated. Defendant in its brief argues that plaintiff had not earned his commissions at the time his employment was terminated for the reason the advertising contracts he secured did not represent the conclusion of his duties in regard to the accounts, but were merely the first of a series of acts necessary to make the transactions of value to his employer; that before plaintiff earned his commission it was his duty to service the contracts, to see that advertising matter was prepared and advertisements broadcast over its station and paid for by the advertisers.
¶10 This contention would be correct if the contracts entered into between the parties had been found by the court to be as contended by defendant, but since the court found this issue in favor of plaintiff and found the contract to be as contended by him the contention of defendant in this respect cannot be sustained.
¶11 In 65 A.L.R. page 993, the author states:
"The question of the right of a person employed under a contract providing for commissions based upon amounts collected, to commissions on collections made after termination of the employment or discharge for cause, where the collections arise out of business secured during the term, is almost entirely dependent upon the wording of the particular contract involved and the construction to be given thereto."
¶12 Defendant in support of its allegations cites and relies upon Home News, Inc., v. Goodman, 182 Md. 585, 35 A.2d 442; Walter Kidde & Co., Inc., v. Walton-Viking Co., 8 Cir., 153 F.2d 988; Monroe v. Grolier Society of London, 208 Cal. 447, 281 P. 604, 65 A.L.R. 989. In the case first above cited the court held:
"Under contract of employment at will of advertising solicitor providing for payment of commissions on all advertising secured for paper by solicitor so long as such advertisers continue to place advertising in paper, solicitor was entitled to commissions on advertising received, until date of his discharge, from customers secured by him, and on advertising received after discharge under contracts or options with customers secured by solicitor which were in effect when he was discharged."
¶13 In that case it appears that plaintiff entered into an oral contract with a newspaper to obtain advertising to be advertised in the newspaper. The contracts obtained were option contracts and provided for the advertising of certain linage in the paper for a certain length of time at rates fixed in the contract with the option on the part of the prospective advertisers to cancel the contracts at any time. Plaintiff during his period of employment procured contracts from a number of customers who agreed to advertise in defendant's newspaper. After he procured the contracts his employment was terminated by defendant. Some of the customers from whom he procured contracts to advertise, advertised in defendant's newspaper prior to the time his employment was terminated, others completed their contracts and advertised in defendant's newspaper after plaintiff's contract was terminated.
¶14 Plaintiff in that case alleged and testified that under the contract entered into between the parties he was to receive 20 per cent commission on all contracts secured for the newspaper by him so long as the advertisers secured continued to place advertisements in the newspaper. The chancellor before whom the case was originally heard found such to be the contract. The court, on appeal, held the evidence sufficient to sustain this finding and further held plaintiff was entitled to recover his commissions on all contracts secured by him, and on advertisements received and advertised [280 P.2d 460] before and after his discharge. Plaintiff in that case further contended that he was entitled to recover commission on renewal contracts made by defendant, after he was discharged, from customers procured by him while he was in its employ so long as they continued to place advertisements in the paper. The court denied this contention, and after pointing out that under the evidence offered in the case the contracts secured by plaintiff were in substance options to place advertisements in defendant's paper at a fixed rate and imposed no obligation on the customers to advertise; that after securing the options it required further solicitation on the part of plaintiff to obtain the linage to be advertised, and to see that the customers were satisfied, and after pointing out the dissimilarity between this kind of contract and ordinary contracts the court further said:
"* * * Although the contract was for an indefinite period and could be terminated at any time by the appellants, they were liable for the just compensation due the appellee. As a matter of fact, the record, in the opinion of this court, does not disclose any act of the appellee which terminated the contract. It was terminated by the appellants. They had a right to terminate the contract, and the discharge was lawful, but appellants were liable for the just compensation to appellee. * * *
"`Upon the contract as thus found, the plaintiff contends that he is entitled to recover his commissions upon advertisements received by the defendant, after his discharge, from customers whom he originally secured. The agreement as to commissions upon all business that followed the original contracts was founded upon the defendant's right to the plaintiff's continuous service. He was to have his commission upon all such business, not merely because he had secured these original contracts, but because he was there to aid, if necessary, in securing renewals or additional contracts, and in keeping his customers in touch with the defendant. * * * These customers were his, and his interest to keep them for the joint benefit of himself and his employer was the implied consideration for the defendant's agreement to pay him a commission upon all business that followed the original contracts. He was consequently entitled to commissions upon renewals or additional contracts which came in during his period of employment. We might even go further, and concede that he was entitled to contracts which he had previously secured. There is, however, absolutely nothing in the language of the contract to justify the extreme view of it which the plaintiff now takes. The customers were his while the employment lasted, but they were not his when they chose to contract directly with the defendant after his connection with the latter had ceased. The new contracts which these customers made with the defendant, after the plaintiff's discharge, were independent of those made during the period of his employment. In no just sense did they cover business which followed the original contracts. They covered business which came to the defendant upon a new status, and under the influence of fresh considerations. * * *'"
¶15 If the contracts secured by plaintiff in this case had been cancelled by his customers and defendant had renewed these contracts, or if the contracts had expired and defendant had renewed them after plaintiff was discharged and plaintiff was seeking to recover commissions for advertisements received under the renewal contracts the case would be in point and sustain the contention of defendant, but since plaintiff is only claiming commissions on the gross receipts of business secured by him while he was in defendant's employ, the case sustains his contention rather than that of defendant.
¶16 The above case is the only case cited by either party which deals directly with the type of contracts here involved. The contract in that case is quite similar to the contract in the present case, and what is there said therefore applies here. In the case of [280 P.2d 461] Walter Kidde & Co., Inc., v. Walton-Viking Co., supra, also relied upon by defendant, the court held [153 F.2d 991]:
"`A broker employed to sell or procure a purchaser does not earn his commissions by procuring persons to sign an option to purchase, and not binding them to purchase.'"
¶17 We do not think that case applicable here. In the instant case plaintiff was engaged and employed to procure option contracts, they were the kind of contracts he was directed to procure and under the terms of the contract entered into between plaintiff and defendant as testified to by plaintiff and found to exist by the court, plaintiff was entitled to his commission when he procured the option contracts and the advertisers secured by him advertised over defendant's broadcasting station and paid for the advertisements. Neither does the case of Monroe v. Grolier Society of London, supra, sustain the contention of defendant since in that case the contract entered into between the parties specifically provided that plaintiff should not be entitled to his commission until he sold the merchandise in question and collected the purchase price thereof.
¶18 In Singer Sewing Mach. Co. v. Brewer, 78 Ark. 202, 93 S.W. 755, and Ohio Marble Co. v. Byrd, 6 Cir., 65 F.2d 98, the facts are somewhat analagous to the facts in this case and sustain the contention of plaintiff and the conclusions reached by the court.
¶19 The evidence discloses that plaintiff's employment was not terminated by any act on his part. It was terminated by defendant and plaintiff was discharged. The contract was one at will and defendant had the lawful right to terminate the employment at any time, but it could not avoid payment of plaintiff's commissions by so doing. Home News, Inc., v. Goodman, supra; American Inv. Co. v. Alexander, 46 Okl. 284, 148 P. 99.
¶20 The defendant at the trial sought to introduce evidence to show that it was the custom of defendant, in dealing with its salesmen, to pay them a commission only on accounts which they sold, serviced and collected, while in its employ and offered to show that when a salesman is hired he takes over the servicing of accounts which were originally procured by others, and from the commencement of his employment he received 15 per cent commission on all collection of such accounts and offered in evidence its account sheets as evidence tending to establish such custom. The evidence was excluded by the trial court. This ruling is assigned as error.
¶21 The general rule is that evidence of custom is inadmissible as an aid to the interpretation of a contract unless the contract is ambiguous or uncertain in its terms. The contract in this case, as testified to by plaintiff, and found to exist by the court, is not ambiguous or uncertain, but we think is quite definite in its terms. Evidence as to custom was therefore inadmissible. A.L. Jones & Co. v. Cochran, 33 Okl. 431, 126 P. 716; Number One Oil Co. v. Wilcox, 95 Okl. 227, 219 P. 132; El Reno Mill & Elevator Co. v. Medlock Grocery Co., 98 Okl. 96, 224 P. 177.
¶22 Evidence of custom or usage is not admissible to vary, add to, or contradict the terms of a definite and unambiguous contract or to bind a party thereto or impose a duty or obligation on a party to such contract not incorporated therein. First Nat. Bank of Anadark v. Harp, 144 Okl. 219, 291 P. 116; Neal Gin Co. of Marietta v. Tradesmen's Nat. Bank, 111 Okl. 154, 239 P. 615. This rule applies whether the contract is written or oral. 25 C.J.S., Customs and Usages, § 30.
¶23 Moreover defendant in its answer does not plead the custom sought to be established. In the absence of such pleading, evidence as to custom is inadmissible. Sanders v. C.P. Carter Const. Co., 206 Okl. 484,
¶24 The trial court ruled correctly in excluding the offered evidence.
¶25 Judgment affirmed.
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Gram Stain Examination – Beyond Infectious Organisms
A 72 year old female with past medical history of stage IV ovarian adenocarcinoma treated with chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery, presented to emergency room with a one week history of confusion and worsening balance.
CT scan of the head showed new communicating hydrocephalus. A magnetic resonance imaging couldn’t be performed initially because of patient’s uncontrolled agitation. Lumbar puncture (LP) was performed. Following this procedure the patient’s mental status showed some improvement and therefore neurosurgery team decided to insert ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt to treat her hydrocephalus and prevent recurrence of seizures.
It was Friday afternoon when a microbiology technologist brought the patient’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) gram stain to be reviewed. It was confirmed that no inflammatory cells and organisms were present. However, cells in the background looked very atypical (Image 1a, b).
Image 1: Gram stain of CSF showing atypical epithelial cells at (a) 40x and (b) 100x with oil.
Image 1b.
The gram stain is used to provide preliminary information about the microorganism present in the specimen. Gram stain differentiates bacteria into two fundamental varieties of cells. Bacteria that retain the initial crystal violet stain (purple) are said to be “Gram-positive,” whereas those that are decolorized and stain red with carbol fuchsin (or safranin) are said to be “Gram-negative” (1). An adequate examination of a gram-stained smear includes observing numerous representative fields and the fields containing neutrophils yield the most information (2). Gram stain provides information about number of bacteria present, gram reaction and shape of the bacteria. In background we can also see epithelial cells and inflammatory cells. However, it’s a good practice to also appreciate and investigate any odd looking findings.
To investigate further, we visited the hematology laboratory to view their CSF slide to determine if these cells were a processing artifact. After it was confirmed that hematopathology saw the same atypical cells, a cytopathologist was requested to review the gram stain since patient’s CSF cytology specimen was to be processed after the weekend. Cytopathologist favored our suspicion and decided to process the cytology specimen late in the day on Friday and it was confirmed that those atypical cells were consistent with the metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Neurosurgery team was immediately contacted to reconsider insertion of the VP shunt as the shunt would drain fluid from the CSF into the peritoneal cavity and thus there was concern for transferring of malignant cells from central nervous system into abdomen/pelvis. However, after consulting oncology team it was later decided to proceed with the procedure since patient’s primary tumor originated in abdomen/pelvis and current intraabdominal tumor burden was not significant as compared to the symptoms driven by CNS involvement. Proceeding with this procedure was considered to be palliative and the best course of action to improve the patient’s quality of life.
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-Kiran Manjee, MD, is a 1st year anatomic and clinical pathology resident at University of Chicago (NorthShore).
-Erin McElvania, PhD, D(ABMM), is the Director of Clinical Microbiology NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois. Follow Dr. McElvania on twitter @E-McElvania.
Author LablogatoryPosted on November 9, 2018 November 15, 2018 Categories generalist, hematology, microbiologyTags case studies, case study, generalist, hematology, microbiology, microscopyLeave a comment on Gram Stain Examination – Beyond Infectious Organisms
Hematology Case Study: A 51 Year Old Woman with Fever and Chills
A 51 year old patient presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and fever. Fever was associated with diaphoresis, chills and headaches. Patient was in Tanzania for 3 months. She was admitted to the hospital while she was there for some unknown infection, details of which are not available.
CBC done revealed normocytic normochromic anemia with a hemoglobin of 9.2 g/dl and thrombocytopenia. Platelet count was 100 K/uL. On review of peripheral blood revealed presence of malarial parasite (ring forms).
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. These parasites are primarily spread by the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitos. There are four main types of Plasmodium (P) species that infect humans:
Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale, which cause a relapsing form of the disease, and
Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum, which do not cause relapses.
Malaria must be recognized promptly in order to treat the patient in time.
Microscopy (morphologic analysis) continues to be the “gold standard” for malaria diagnosis. Parasites may be visualized on both thick and thin blood smears stained with Giemsa, Wright, or Wright-Giemsa stains. Giemsa is the preferred stain, as it allows for detection of certain morphologic features (e.g. Schüffner’s dots, Maurer’s clefts, etc.) that may not be seen with the other two. Ideally, the thick smears are used to detect the presence of parasites while the thin smears are used for species-level identification. Quantification may be done on both thick and thin smears.
Various antigen kits are available to detect antigens derived from malarial parasites. These rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) offer a useful alternative to microscopy in situations where reliable microscopic diagnosis is not available.
-Neerja Vajpayee, MD, is the director of Clinical Pathology at Oneida Health Center in Oneida, New York and is actively involved in signing out surgical pathology and cytology cases in a community setting. Previously, she was on the faculty at SUNY Upstate for several years ( 2002-2016) where she was involved in diagnostic work and medical student/resident teaching.
Author LablogatoryPosted on June 19, 2018 June 26, 2018 Categories hematologyTags hematology, malaria, microscopy, parasitologyLeave a comment on Hematology Case Study: A 51 Year Old Woman with Fever and Chills
Hematology Case Study: The Race to Save a 48 Year Old Man from a Rare Disease
A 48-year-old Caucasian male presented to a Baltimore Emergency Room complaining of fever, chills, and aches. He stated he had not been feeling well for the past week. His symptoms had progressed rapidly over the last 3 days to include night sweats, nausea and excessive somnolence. History taken in the ER revealed the patient had returned 10 days prior from a Safari in Botswana and Zambia. The patient was admitted to the ICU, in shock, with a BP of 75/50. Even though the patient had taken anti-malarial medication, the doctors suspected malaria. Blood was sent to the lab for a blood parasite exam and treatment for malaria was started while the doctors waited for the confirmation.
In the Hematology laboratory, technologists perform microscopy of thick and thin blood smears to look for malarial parasites. The thin smear is a typical Wright Giemsa stained wedge smear, and the thick smears are prepared and stained so that the red blood cells are lysed, and the sample is concentrated, making examination easier. Thorough, careful examination of the thick smear is aimed to identify whether a particular parasite is present, but they require a long drying period and take several hours to prepare and read. Thin smears can detect the parasites but also permit identification of particular species of malaria. While the thick smears were drying the technologist examined the thin smear.
The technologist who examined this patient’s thin smears saw parasites (image 1) under her microscope. She consulted with a supervisor and pathologist to confirm, and the patient’s doctor was notified that the patient did not have malaria, but instead, had Trypanosoma! This was an exciting find in the laboratory, as there have been only 40 cases seen in the US in the past 50 years.
Image 1. This slide shows the parasite, in dark blue. The parasite causes
African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness
(Courtesy of Greater Baltimore Medical Center).
The race for diagnosis and treatment did not stop there, as there are 2 types of African trypanosomiasis, or African sleeping sickness, and effective and appropriate treatment must be started in a timely fashion. Both types look identical on a blood smear and both are considered universally fatal, if not treated. West African trypanosomiasis and East African trypanosomiasis are caused by the tsetse fly, which only lives in rural Africa. The patient stated he did remember being bitten by tsetse flies, and because there had been such a short span of time between being bitten and the onset of symptoms, doctors concluded that the patient had the rarer and fast-acting East African trypanosomiasis, which can kill within months.
Epidemiologists at CDC were contacted, who then consulted other infectious disease specialists at CDC. There are 2 treatments depending the stage of the disease. Surinam is the first line of defense, but melarsoprol, which is arsenic-like and very toxic, must be used if the parasites have reached the central nervous system. Because of the urgent need to start treatment, emergency shipments of both drugs were flown to Baltimore. The patient was started on Surinam to reduce the number of parasites in his blood to a level low enough to allow a spinal tap to be performed. After confirming that the CSF showed no signs of the parasite, treatment with surinam was continued and the patient was discharged a week later and has made a full recovery.
Because of the excellent work done by the medical technologists who made the first discovery, the speed with which the critical calls were made, the actions of the doctors involved, and the cooperation of the CDC, this patient received his first dose of Surinam a little over 24 hours after his blood was sent to the lab. This case shows the importance of a thorough medical and travel history in differential diagnosis. It also illustrates the importance of the competency evaluations and surveys in which all laboratory professionals are required to participate. None of the technologists, doctors or scientists involved had ever actually seen a case of African Trypanosomiasis, they had only read about it in books and seen it on competency assessments.
This case is based on an actual case from 2016. My coworker, Gail Wilson, was the technologist who first saw the Trypanosoma on the slides. Many thanks to Gail for her keen eye and attention to detail!
Image 2: L&R: Trypanosoma brucei in thin blood smears stained with Giemsa. Center: A close up of a tsetse fly. Credit: DPDx
Jon E. Rosenblatt Barth Reller Melvin P. Weinstein.pages 1103-1108, Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections Due to Blood and Tissue Parasites Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 7, 1 October 2009; retrieved March 2018 from https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/49/7/1103/316703
Ivo Elliott, Trupti Patel, Jagrit Shah, and Pradhib Venkatesan. West-African trypanosomiasis in a returned traveller from Ghana: an unusual cause of progressive neurological decline BMJ Case Rep. 2014; 2014: bcr2014204451. Published online 2014 Aug 14.doi: 1136/bcr-2014-204451; retrieved March 2018 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139564/
Lena H. Sun. Medical Detectives raced to save a man from a rare, ‘universally lethal’ disease; retrieved March 2018 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/12/22/medical-detectives-raced-to-save-a-man-from-a-rare-universally-lethal-disease/?utm_term=.16d7b136bc47
Parasites – African Trypanosomiasis (also known as Sleeping Sickness). Retrieved March 2018 from https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/
DPDx- Laboratory Identification of parasites of Public Health Concern; retrieved March 2018 from https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/
-Becky Socha, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM BB CM graduated from Merrimack College in N. Andover, Massachusetts with a BS in Medical Technology and completed her MS in Clinical Laboratory Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. She has worked as a Medical Technologist for over 30 years. She’s worked in all areas of the clinical laboratory, but has a special interest in Hematology and Blood Banking. When she’s not busy being a mad scientist, she can be found outside riding her bicycle.
Author LablogatoryPosted on March 19, 2018 March 15, 2018 Categories hematology, microbiologyTags case studies, case study, hematology, microbiology, microscopy1 Comment on Hematology Case Study: The Race to Save a 48 Year Old Man from a Rare Disease
Telemicroscopy: Applying Technology to Solve an Old Problem
The Gram Stain
Everyone knows that the Gram stain is an essential microbiological method which aids in the differentiation of bacteria. When a specimen is sent to the clinical microbiology laboratory for culture, the Gram stain result is frequently the first information provided to the clinician. It is used to first determine a) if infection is present and b) what type of infection (i.e., gram positive vs. gram negative? monomicrobial vs. polymicrobial?). Furthermore, if organisms are observed in a normally sterile fluid/tissue (i.e., blood, cerebral spinal, fluid, cardiac tissue, etc.) the Gram stain result can be a critical result. More importantly, the Gram stain result often drives patient care.
Although the Gram stain is an essential clinical tool, many laboratories struggle to maintain competent technologists, especially on off-shifts or in laboratories that lack microbiology expertise (generalists). The need for second review is common when performing Gram stains as they are often subject to variability due to inconsistent staining techniques, antibiotic pressure, as well as artifacts. Even under best case scenarios, Gram stain interpretation can be challenging and may require multiple reviewers.
Telemicroscopy offers an easy to use and relatively inexpensive solution to provide formal and informal second opinions to various sections of the laboratory (microbiology, hematology, pathology). With the proper tools, telemicroscopy allows Gram stain interpretation from anywhere there is internet access. Every hospital laboratory has a microscope and a computer with internet, so the only item that may need to be purchased is a microscope camera (≥$5,000). There are also various microscope adapters available for phone cameras that provide equal results for less capital (≥$90). The microscope adapter encases the smart phone and then fits into the eyepiece of most microscopes.
Telemicroscopy utilizes technology to improve diagnostic accuracy, by providing expert consultation for technologists who are uncertain of their results. Telemicroscopy allows laboratories to “present” still or live images to a reference laboratory via a web-based software application such as Skype (or FaceTime if using an iPhone).
About Geisinger Medical Laboratories Telemicroscopy Program
Geisinger Medical Laboratories is an eight hospital integrated health service organization, serving >2.6 million residents throughout 46 counties in Pennsylvania. Geisinger Medical Center serves as the reference laboratory for 4 minimal laboratories (Gram stain reading, no culture work-up) and 2 partial laboratories (Gram stain reading, limited culture work-up). The Telemicroscopy program consists of presenting still or live images [Olympus BX40, BX41 microscope, Nikon cellSense software (version 1.7.1)] to the reference laboratory via Skype [Logitech 920 camera (version 2013)]. The telemicroscopy result, which is a consensus finding, is manually recorded and followed up with culture review to determine patient impact.
We evaluated the effect of implementing a telemicroscopy program on patient care. A retrospective look back at our telemicroscopy data showed that nearly 40% of consults resulted in a change to the original interpretation. The consensus Gram stain result correlated with culture 85% of the time. Overall, 49% of the cases assessed by telemicroscopy were impacted by the consult. Of which, patient care was positively and negatively impacted in 72% and 28% of cases, respectively.
Gram stain consultations via telemicroscopy from remote hospital sites can improve patient care. Telemicroscopy offers a simple, inexpensive, and innovative approach to providing expert consultation services to off-shift or inexperienced staff. This is also a great way to promote interdepartmental consultation and collaboration (i.e., between microbiology and hematology or pathology).
Image 1. Telemicroscopy via traditional microscope camera. Microscope with camera attached and computer screen showing Gram stain.
Image 2. Telemicroscopy via s mart phone. Close up of microscope adapter attached to microscope. Image of Gram stain displayed on phone screen.
Microbiology Strong: Enhancing Microbiology Services and Technical Support in an Integrated Laboratory System. ASCP. Las Vegas, Nevada. September 2016. Oral presentation.
Martinez, R.M., Shoemaker, B.C., Riley, J.A., and Wolk, D.M. 2016. The TeleGram of the 21st Century: the Digital Gram Stain. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. Boston, MA. Poster presentation.
-Raquel Martinez, PhD, D(ABMM), was named an ASCP 40 Under Forty TOP FIVE honoree for 2017. She is one of two System Directors of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania. Her research interests focus on infectious disease diagnostics, specifically rapid molecular technologies for the detection of bloodstream and respiratory virus infections, and antimicrobial resistance, with the overall goal to improve patient outcomes.
Author LablogatoryPosted on November 22, 2017 November 22, 2017 Categories management/administration, microbiologyTags management/administration, microbiology, microscopy, telemicroscopyLeave a comment on Telemicroscopy: Applying Technology to Solve an Old Problem
The Importance of Manual Urine Microscopy
Research presented today at the National Kidney Foundation spring clinical meeting indicates that manual microscopy surpasses automated analyzers when assessing kidney injury. The abstract is titled “Manual Microscopy: Not a Lost Art” and says, in part: “In this study, we examined if a significant difference exists between the reported ranges of granular and muddy brown casts using manual microscopy as compared to an automated urine analyzer in an acute kidney injury cohort.”
According to one of the abstract’s authors, Dr. Sharda, “What our research has been able to show so far is that the automated system under reported the value of granular casts in our patient cohort of acute kidney injury. The automated system still has utility as a screening test, but manual microscopy should be done in all cases of abnormal kidney function, as accurate quantification of casts could have some prognostic benefit to patients.”
The poster is available online. The authors are currently writing a paper on their research; their contact information is here.
Author LablogatoryPosted on April 25, 2014 April 23, 2014 Categories generalist, hematologyTags generalist, hematology, microscopy, urinalysisLeave a comment on The Importance of Manual Urine Microscopy
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__label__wiki | 0.600459 | 0.600459 | Nasty C meets 50 Cent, likely to feature in hit series ‘Power’
by Laila Ijeoma August 15, 2018, 1:35 pm
South African musician, Nasty C has met with American rapper 50 Cent and many feel it’s likely he would make a cameo appearance in hit series ‘POWER.’
The South African artist, who recently put out his album, Strings and Blings is present in the United States promoting his sophomore project.
Nasty C who is positioning himself to break into the international market has been spotted with award-winning rapper 50 Cent in New York City, USA.
So it wasn’t just a Nasty C taking a random picture with American superstar but they actually spoke a lot and have some things in the pipeline.
Nast C who is just 21 years is very excited about the opportunity he had to talk with 50 Cent and expressed that in an Instagram post he made.
https://twitter.com/Nasty_CSA/status/1029128771373346818
Nasty C was in Ghana earlier this year and pissed off fans of Shatta Wale who had also taken a picture with 50 Cent back in 2017. Nasty C had said in an interview that he’s heard the name Shatta Wale but didn’t know if it was a male or female.
Considering the fact that 50 Cent has met with 2 African musicians, we are just asking, if he could perhaps decide to feature the two of them in his series ‘POWER’ as they are both big artistes in their respective countries.
Share your thoughts on this with us in comments?
Nasty C in another Instagram post he made, posted a book he got from 50 Cent as a gift signed by 50 Cent himself.
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__label__wiki | 0.729593 | 0.729593 | Knowledge Unlatched presents its Open Access Heroes 2018
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Berlin, 12th February 2018. Knowledge Unlatched (KU) has released its Open Access Heroes for 2017. The most downloaded book title from its collection in 2017 is „A people’s History of modern Europe“ by William A. Pelz with 7,397 readers. Among the more than 60 KU publishing partners Pluto Press is the publisher that showed the highest online usage. The academic institution with the highest usage worldwide in 2017 was Freie Universitaet in Berlin.
“It is our mission to maximize usage of Open Access content, together with libraries and publishers around the world”, says Dr. Sven Fund, KU’s Managing Director. “With the new project of Open Access Heroes, we want to put the spotlight on those authors, publishers, and institutions that have seen extraordinary interest from researchers.”
Knowledge Unlatched has produced an infographic in the form of a poster based on its analysis, which can been found below or downloaded here.
In the future, KU will identify its Open Access Heroes based on the online usage from the previous year. It will award top performance in the following disciplines: Most Read Author, Most Active Institution, Most Read Publisher and Discipline Most Active in Open Access. The analysis is based on download figures from KU’s hosting partners OAPEN and JSTOR.
About Knowledge Unlatched (KU): KU offers free access to scholarly content for every reader across the world. Our online platform provides libraries worldwide with a central place to support Open Access models from leading publishing houses and new OA initiatives.
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__label__cc | 0.708941 | 0.291059 | (Scott Miller / CTV London)
LONDON, ONT -- Hanover police are crediting staff at a car dealership for noticing clues that a potential customer may have been committing fraud to purchase a $70,000 vehicle.
Police were contacted by staff at an unnamed dealership in Hanover on Nov. 19, after they became suspicious a woman wasn’t who she said she was.
Staff believed that the identity documents she provided through email were fake.
Police allowed the transaction to continue the next day as normal, except for the fact that plainclothes officers would also be taking part.
When the sale was complete police placed the suspect under arrest and found out that she had been wearing a wig and bandana to disguise her actual appearance.
Officers also seized identity documents in another woman’s name that were being used for the purchase.
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When a cosmic menace threatens worlds beyond our own in the Ghost Sector, it falls to a new Justice League team to answer the call to battle! Cyborg, Starfire, Green Lantern Jessica Cruz and an out-of-his-element Azrael head to deep space inside a commandeered Brainiac Skull Ship. But as these wildcard teammates try to stop Despero from slave-trading Coluan refugees, they discover something that n
Justice League Dark (2018-)
Earth's magic once belonged to them. Now they want the magic back. But who exactly are they? It's up to the new Justice League Dark to find out and stop this nightmarish new threat at all costs! After the events of NO JUSTICE, team leader Wonder Woman guides the misfit magic mix of Zatanna, Swamp Thing, Man-Bat and Detective Chimp against enemies too fantastic even for the Justice League.
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Bound together by fate, united by the spirit of exploration and hope for tomorrow, the Terrifics bound from the Dark Multiverse of Meta! When Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Plastic Man and Phantom Girl find themselves literally bound together by a tragic accident, our team of unlikely allies must rely on one another to make their way back home. But a startling revelation on their return trip brings the
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__label__wiki | 0.577263 | 0.577263 | Some of the cannabis crops taken from the latest sting by police Darin Reilly
Cannabis plants with $16m street value seized
MORE than 12,500 cannabis plants - with an estimated potential street value in excess of $16 million - have been seized throughout the Richmond Local Area Command over the course of the last three weeks.
Last week, from Monday (23 November 2015) through to Thursday (26 November 2015), police from the State Crime Command's Drug Squad joined the Police Air Wing, PolAir, and local officers in raiding illegal crop sites as part of the Cannabis Eradication Program (CEP).
Locations across Northern Rivers
Throughout the course of the week, officers raided cannabis crops at locations including Cawongla, Wadeville, New Italy, Double Duke, Jackie Bulbin, Mumblegum, Bulldog and Ewingar.
More than 4000 plants, with an estimated potential street value in excess of $8 million, were seized.
Bundjalung crop raided
This week's raids follow the discovery of a large, sophisticated crop - housing more than 8500 plants - earlier this month.
The crop, which was bordered by a 150m-long by 50m-wide stockproof fence, was discovered off a secluded walking trail within the Bundjalung National Park on Wednesday 11 November 2015.
The crop was found by personnel attached to Operation Bindiguy, a high-visibility contingent of Richmond Rural Crime Investigators and National Parks and Wildlife Services staff.
A total of 8605 plants - most of them juvenile - were found at the location. The estimated potential street value of the crop is about $8.6 million.
Eradication program
The CEP has been running since the mid 1980s and, to date, has prevented cannabis with an estimated potential street value of more than $300 million from reaching NSW streets.
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The sickening truth about aged care food
AN investigation into the food served to some of the most vulnerable people in Australia has uncovered a sickening reality.
Many elderly people living in nursing homes are having to eat meals most of us wouldn't give to a dog as budgets are slashed.
Four thousand people involved with aged care wrote to the ABC as part of its investigation into the system, with the first of the two-part series airing on Four Corners last night.
Families and staff said they were concerned about the quantity and quality of food, and sent in photos of cheap and unhealthy meals, including sad-looking hotdogs with tomato sauce and watery soup.
Aged care worker Nicole* described one common dish, known as minced moist, as "truly disgusting" with a "horrible" smell.
Melbourne worker Elizabeth* spoke of undercooked vegetables, hard carrots and potatoes and tough meat.
"Sadly, because of cutbacks it's hard to retain good staff and the resident meals suffer, because no one really cares," she said.
Families and aged care workers say they are concerned about a drop in quality of food in nursing homes.
The amount spent on food in aged care facilities has dropped to just over $6 a day — $2 less than the sum spent on prison inmates.
Other meals photographed completely unidentifiable blobs. These were "texture-modified meals", for people who have difficulty swallowing, the ABC reported.
"My mother has dementia but still knows she is fed up with this meal and doesn't like it," one daughter told the broadcaster.
While some of the meals looked healthy and nutritious, the opposite was often the case.
Dietitian Cherie Hugo, who looked at more than 800 Australian aged care facilities, found they were spending an average of just $6.08 a day on food per resident.
That's $2 less than is spent on prison inmates and far less than other adults spend, with the average Australian eating $17-worth of food per day.
Dr Hugo told the program one of her biggest concerns was that the amount spent on aged care food had dropped by 31 cents per person per day in a year, while the figure spent on supplements had risen by 50 cents.
Health Services Union national secretary Gerard Hayes called it a "disgrace".
The shocking findings come after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a royal commission into the aged care sector on Sunday following what he called an "alarming and disturbing" spike in elder abuse and poor standards.
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Four Corners also uncovered horrifying abuse allegations, including one elderly resident who said she was left in bed for three hours, mostly in darkness.
Blind and partially deaf Catherine Logan was seen breaking down in tears to her granddaughter after she was left alone by staff, with her relative having to empty the full commode left by her bed.
"In her world, it was black," said her granddaughter Dayna Vereguth. "She couldn't hear and she could smell that there was faeces next to her and she knew she had to press a button, of which she was scared to do, because she didn't know the response that she would get from the staff member."
Nurse Katrina Legzdin told the program: "Some people get really depressed and you have a resident saying, 'Can you give me a pill to kill me?' They just want to die and you don't have five minutes to spend sitting there with them."
The Government has fended off claims by Labor that it has cut aged care funding, with Mr Morrison telling Parliament it has spent more than $1 billion extra on the sector annually.
He said yesterday the royal commission would look at looming issues in the sector, including the quality of residential and home aged care.
It will also examine how young Australians with disabilities are cared for in such facilities, and why thousands of young people are living in nursing homes.
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Elderly Australians are staying in their own homes for longer than ever, to have more time with their families - but when they do move into residential care, they can arrive with serious problems such as advanced dementia, Mr Morrison warned.
"They are coming into aged care when their needs are more acute," he told news.com.au. "And that's a fairly big gear change from where residential aged care has been, and had demands placed on it, in the past."
Those who stay at home for as long as possible are more expensive and difficult to care for than younger residents.
"There used to be more of a softer entry into residential aged care with the acuteness of people's needs," the Prime Minister said. "That now has sharpened up a lot. And so when people are coming in, they are adding a much higher level of care."
Mr Morrison said there was also "a sociocultural demographic bubble coming through on the make-up of the population".
It is creating a fresh burden for facilities looking after immigrant Australians, who often lose their English and revert to the languages they were born with as they age.
"You are seeing more Australians from different ethnic backgrounds coming into the aged care sector than you've ever seen before," Mr Morrison said.
"When you are suffering from dementia, often you revert back to your childhood.
"You've spoken English your entire working life in Australia and all of a sudden you've gone back to speaking Greek, or Italian, or Arabic, or Chinese, whether it's Mandarin or Cantonese, whichever.
"And so the system has to deal with that too."
Watch Part One of the investigation into aged care on Four Corners on ABC iview. Part Two airs on September 24.
*Names changed to protect identities.
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Man yells at couple: 'You know who I am. I am the dragon'
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31st Oct 2018 4:00 AM | Updated: 6:54 AM
"YOU know who I am. I am the dragon."
Those were the words an Emerald couple awoke to - screamed at them by a drunken housemate last week before he assaulted and threatened to kill them, and held them captive in their own home.
Troy Jonathon Deppeler, 36, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court yesterday to one assault charge, one deprivation of liberty charge and two charges of possessing weapons.
Police prosecutor Helen Lane said the male victim had dropped Deppeler at work on October 24 at 5.30pm, returned home, and went to bed about 9.30pm.
She said Deppeler entered the victims' bedroom in the early hours of October 25.
After knocking and being invited inside, he yelled: "You know who I am. I am the dragon. You know what these tattoos on my arm mean?"
Ms Lane said Deppeler grabbed the man by the head and pulled him before smashing the victim's head against the wall several times.
She said this was repeated four times as the victim tried to sit up.
Deppeler later ordered the pair into the lounge room, where he threatened to kill them and told the woman he was going into the backyard to dig up a gun.
Deppeler went outside and returned with a chef's knife about 15cm long in a plastic sheath.
He held the point of the knife to the man's throat, pushing until the man's chair legs lifted off the ground. He then slammed the knife on the table and smashed the sheath.
Ms Lane said the incident lasted for an hour while Deppeler sat at the table, waving the knife at the couple and drinking vodka.
Deppeler then threatened to harm himself and walked off.
The male victim followed and cut his thumb as he attempted to take the knife off Deppeler.
The court heard Deppeler calmed down at that point.
The incident was reported to police once the station opened that morning and a search was carried out of Deppeler's room, revealing three throwing knifes and a bracelet knife.
He told police he had been drinking with co-workers after his shift and that his partner attended. Deppeler said they argued and he didn't recall anything after that until the self-harm threat.
Deppeler had been staying with the couple prior to the incident.
Defence lawyer Joanne Madden said Deppeler had misplaced his mental illness medication and not taken his pills for four days.
She said he was not using that as an excuse for his behaviour. Ms Madden said Deppeler was also stressed after his mother died of throat cancer after previously refusing to communicate with him.
Also, his partner was expecting their first baby in four to five weeks.
"If released he would remain in Rockhampton until he stabilises on medication and continues with counselling with Centacare, which he started five months ago," Ms Madden said.
Deppeler received a six-month prison term, wholly suspended and operational for 12 months, along with a two-year probation order.
Convictions were recorded.
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Orlando Magic hire Steve Clifford as new head coach
by Megan Scavo
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Orlando fans haven't been feeling too magical the past couple of basketball seasons.
After going six straight seasons without a playoff appearance, the Orlando Magic have found a replacement for former head coach Frank Vogel, who was fired last month.
Steve Clifford played a part in the Magic's 2009 NBA Finals appearance as an assistant coach, and now he will be returning to Orlando as head coach.
The Magic took to Twitter to welcome him back to the family.
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Clifford spent the last five seasons as the head coach for the Charlotte Hornets and was able to lead the team to its first playoff appearance in three years in 2013.
Now the question is, can he do the same for the Magic?
In a statement on NBA.com, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman expressed his excitement about Clifford's return.
“We are very excited to welcome Steve back into the Magic family,” Weltman said. “Steve is widely regarded throughout the NBA community as an elite coach and developer of players at all stages. His teams have always been disciplined and prepared, and have embraced the concept of playing for each other.”
Only time will tell if Clifford will be able to turn things around for the Magic, but with a revolving door of coaches (four over the last four years), Clifford won't have long to right the ship.
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The Importance of Art to Society in Station Eleven
January 11, 2021 by Essay Writer
In Emily St John Mandel’s 2014 science fiction, dystopian novel Station Eleven, a majority of the world is deceased due to the Georgia-flu pandemic spread unknowingly by a passenger on a flight from Russia to The United States causing an apocalyptic world. All technology and modern inventions during have collapsed but, the Arts remain as an important part of society even after the fall of civilization. While the preserved, broken technologies remain only in abandoned houses and the Severn airport museum of civilization unable to be used, the arts were one of only a few pre-pandemic aspects actively preserved in the aftermath of the Georgia flu. In this novel the arts function as a measure of how stable society is. When the arts begin to diminish, society begins to fall and when the arts slowly begin to strengthen again, as does society.
This idea stated above is further supported in a research paper published by Princeton University entitled “How the Arts Impact Communities: An introduction to the literature on arts impact studies” written by Joshua Guetzkow, it is argued that the arts have a positive impact on the development of communities and society. This article acts as a lens to understand why members of the travelling symphony were able to collect themselves in the aftermath of the apocalypse and live thriving, productive lives. To explain why the arts help communities and society, Guetzkow uses three main pillars that can be found throughout Station Eleven. The first pillar in Guetzkow’s article argues that a direct involvement in the arts fosters the health of those involved in the arts by “Build[ing] interpersonal ties and […] increase[ing] opportunities for self-expression and enjoyment” (Guetzkow 3). The second pillar of Guetzkow’s article argues that a direct involvement in the arts allows for positive cognitive and psychological impacts through an “Increase[d] sense of individual efficacy and self-esteem [and an] Improve[d] […] sense of belonging or attachment to a community.” The third and final pillar in the article argues that amongst the aforementioned benefit’s, direct involvement in the arts improves one’s interpersonal skills by giving an “Enhanced ability to work with others and communicate ideas.” Each of these skills acquired from the incorporation of the arts in a person’s life are a key part to explaining why the amount and quality of the arts found in a society is a measure of societies competence. Simply put, the more art in society the more interpersonal ties, self-expression, sense of belonging, and communication there will be. Each of these things, provided by the arts, create a competent society especially in Station Eleven.
Initially in the first chapter of Mandels novel, the arts, specifically a rendition of Shakespeare’s play king Lear, are spoken of as an important aspect to the plot of the novel. Before the other character and the audience of the play realize Arthur is having a heart attack “there was a change in his face, he stumbled, he reached for a column but misjudged the distance and struck it hard with the side of his hand.” From one perspective this could be judged as Arthur ruining the play and in turn the arts being diminished as a whole. Following Arthurs death, and a decline in the arts because of his death and the ruined play, a mass death began. This is the first case of the amount and quality of art corresponding to the condition of society. This situation also relates to the first pillar of Guetzkow’s paper because when Arthur died the play ended and the other actors lost their way of self-expression then society went into a downward spiral into the apocalypse.
Chronologically, the next example happens towards the end of the novel but it is in a flashback that takes place at the beginning of the apocalypse. While sitting in the Severn-City airport the first winter after the epidemic, everything began to stop working. by the third day in the airport “all the vending machines in the airport were empty of snacks, and the battery on Tyler’s Nintendo console was dead.” Although video games are an unconventional form of art, time magazine argues that video games should be considered art because “They include many forms of traditional artistic expression—sculpture in the form of 3D modeling, illustration, narrative arcs, and dynamic music—that combine to create something that transcends any one type.” With the idea that video games are art in mind, Tyler’s Nintendo console dying is considered another type of are crashing as society crashes after the epidemic. When he found out his gaming console had died and wouldn’t be functional again “Tyler wept, inconsolable” as if he knew that society was worsening as the arts, his video game console, fell. Tyler’s loss of his video game console relates to the second pillar of Guetzkow’s paper because the loss of his video makes Tyler feel like he is losing his sense of belonging to his former life.
Another important case of the arts relating to how society is functioning happens when the novel fast forwards twenty years to the post plague world were once again people are beginning to live together in small groups or towns. The travelling Shakespearean company stops in a town named St. Deborah by the water to put on a performance. After their performance, once the traveling symphony left St. Deborah’s by the water they found a stow away twelve-year-old girl by the name of Eleanor. According to Eleanor she “was going to be [the prophets] next wife” (123) because “he had a dream where god told him he was to repopulate the earth” (123). Everyone in the symphony was disgusted by the prophet and kept asking “why would he marry a twelve-year-old” (123) By stowing away in the travelling symphonies caravan to get out of St. Deborah by the water, Eleanor escaped a life of being betrothed to someone she didn’t love. Therefore, the rekindling of the arts through the travelling symphony gave Eleanor her freedom and bettered society by setting the precedence that it is wrong for a twelve-year-old to marry a grown man.
Finally, at the end of the travelling symphony stays in the Severn City Airport for five weeks. During this time, life for the traveling symphony slowly begins to return back to the way it was pre-pandemic as members of the symphony began incorporating music into their daily activities as they had done before the Georgia flu changed their lives. One afternoon while still in the Airport “Garrett hummed a Brandenburg concerto while he worked in the gardens.” First, this quote is important because it shows the people in the symphony doing relaxing everyday chores that they couldn’t do post plague due to the condition of the world. Secondly, this quote shows the reemergence of music during these everyday chores meaning the world is beginning to heal. After garret was singing, Dolores was found “whisper[ing] fragments of Shakespeare to herself while she swept the concourse floor” (331) prior to living in the airport, while the symphony was moving around and camping in different places each night, they would never have swept. It is the “fragments of Shakespeare” Dolores was whispering that pulled her through the apocalypse into this time where she could be whispering them while sweeping like in her time before the flu hit. All of the people from the symphony coming together and doing different household chores while they were living in the airport is a blatant example of the third pillar of Guetzkow’s paper; as the arts were reintroduced into everyday activities the symphony began to work together more efficiently to take care of one another.
Overall, it is the amount of music, plays, paintings, and all other forms of art in Station Eleven that measures how competent society is. In the beginning of the Georgia flu outbreak art began to fall as society did. However, when the symphony began travelling and spreading the arts, society began to revive itself by reverting back to its old ways while also adopting new customs.
Melissinos, Chris. “Video Games Are One of the Most Important Art Forms in History” N.d. Web. 22 Sept 2015.
Guetzkow, Joshua. “How the Arts Impact Communities: An introduction to the literature on arts impact studies” N.d. 7 June 2002.
Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven. Subterranean Press. 2014. Print
The Connection of Station Eleven to Concepts of Gender Equality, Human Rights and World Religion
Station Eleven connects to concepts of Social Justice such as gender equality, human rights and world religion.
Examples of the connection between Station Eleven and gender equality can be seen in many ways that those who identify as male are often the aggressors in conflicts with those who identify as female. This can be seen between Miranda, Arthur Leander’s first wife, and her boyfriend Pablo. Pablo is a struggling artist who is jealous of how Miranda can create better art in the form of the graphic novel Station Eleven and how she maintains a job that she seems to enjoy. This leads to him brooding around the apartment, not caring enough about Miranda to even attempt getting a job to pay for the apartment that they are supposed to be renting together. In addition to this, his paintings aren’t selling so he isn’t bringing any income to the partnership. Pablo doesn’t care for Miranda’s graphic novel, the art project in which she is pouring most of her time and effort. He even goes so far to accuse her of infidelity with her boss at work specifically because she works so much. Then he gets angry when she mentions that she works so much because they need the money.
Another example of inequality among genders can be seen with Arthur Leander’s actions in his various marriages to Miranda, Elizabeth, and Lydia. Arthur leaves Miranda for Elizabeth while cheating on Miranda. Miranda suspects that Arthur is cheating on her when she notices how Elizabeth is constantly near Arthur at parties and other meetings and events. But the first time that Arthur’s cheating becomes real for Miranda is when she finds Elizabeth passed out drunk on her couch. Arthur ends up leaving Elizabeth too, even after they have a son together. His next wife is Lydia, an actress with whom he costarred. Elizabeth takes her son, Tyler to live in Jerusalem. Arthur occasionally visits. Miranda continues living independently. Arthur visits her rarely, he remains very distant and uncaring. Another way in which Arthur seems to have more power than the women in his life is when he sends letters to Victoria and begins to treat her like an object instead of a person. But Victoria manages to expose him when she publishes his letters in a book for everyone to see what he thought of each of his wives/marriages.
In Station Eleven women also have less power than men. The prophet can travel (when everyone else has severe traveling restrictions) and he can choose women to marry because he is a man. He controls these future brides (some of which are children) by threatening, killing or maiming the people the women love. The prophet manipulates them, and they return to the city of St. Deborah by the Water to marry him. Because he’s a man he tries to force a young actress (Alexandra) to stay when he has demanded the Symphony to leave. Eleanor, another girl who is being forced to marry the prophet risks her life by escaping secretly with the Symphony. The prophet also raids a village and takes one of the women unwillingly to ensure that he can leave without being harmed. When she refuses to marry him, he shoots her and leaves her to bleed out on the side of the road.
Something that doesn’t entirely fit into the category of gender equality, but is equally important, is sexuality. Homosexuality is brought up several times throughout Station Eleven. In the beginning of the book, Clark thinks back to previous sexual relationships with men. In the middle and end of the book Clark thinks about a specific boyfriend named Robert before the collapse of civilization. Sexuality doesn’t exactly connect to gender equality, but it is important to note that Station Eleven includes diversity among the sexuality of its characters.
Station Eleven connects to human rights in several important ways. First is the way that many people are denied their essential rights to food, water, and shelter. An example of this is Jeevan stocking up on food and water before the collapse. Another example is people frantically looking for shelter. The need for food and water can also be seen when prophet raided villages to get food and water. In one village, after the prophet took the food and water, he also took one of the women from the village to be his wife. Basic human rights are blatantly disregarded by the prophet. With an iron fist the prophet rules the city (St. Deborah by the Water) where he bases his cult. He doesn’t let people leave the city. It is difficult for people to enter unless they have something he wants. The Symphony is allowed in because they entertain his citizens. This entertainment is like the bread that the ancient Romans gave to their citizens to keep them pacified. His control of the people and manipulation of them compares to a dictatorship. This is seen in the way that the prophet is the ultimate authority, and no one has the power to change his laws or remove him from power. He also doesn’t allow people to create an infrastructure that would allow them to keep orderly leadership. The prophet knows that this would encourage rebellion; he could be overthrown. He indoctrinates and terrifies his people into submission. He is absolute in his power. He marries multiple young women without their consent; no one resists him. Other men are willing to be part of his army and not protect women. However, there is an example of a basic human right is protected. A woman is raped at the Severn City Airport. The man who committed the crime is thrown into the woods with no supplies where he should die alone and in terror. While the law in America no longer states that the punishment for the rapist is death, I believe this punishment and even castration to be fitting.
Religion connects to Station Eleven with the obvious connection of the prophet twisting the words of the Bible to enforce his dictatorship over the people and his reach into the other villages that have formed after the devastation of the plague. The prophet uses words from Revelation, specifically Revelation 18:8 which references the destruction of Babylon. It seems that the author was trying to draw a comparison between the virus that wiped out most of humanity in Station Eleven to the plagues that are spoken of in Revelation that will wipe out Babylon. However, to me, this seems to be an odd analogy. Babylon in the Bible often is the oppressor of the Hebrews While it is likely that people who died oppressed people, it is doubtful that all of them did. Perhaps, a way to deepen this connection between Babylon in Revelation (in the Bible) and the virus victims in Station Eleven would be to depict those who died as oppressive. If we decide that the people who died from the plague oppressed others than the survivors can believe the plague was helpful not harmful. Another mention of the Bible is when the prophet mentions how the virus has effectively reset the earth so that only the pure remain. The author tries to compare this to Noah’s ark and the destruction of sinful people. This comparison doesn’t work because the plague randomly killed people. People were not killed based on their actions and motives on earth. Also, Noah did not become a dictator and he stayed married to his one and only wife. Given that this is a narrative story the “important” characters survived, but there is never a reason given as to why that would support the prophet’s theory of the virus cleansing Earth. Most of the characters seem to survive simply because they are lucky. Kirsten and Jeevan are extremely lucky because the Georgian Flu is airborne and begins spreading on a flight from Moscow. Kirsten and Jeevan both come into close contact with Arthur Leander who died from the Georgian Flu. Jeevan gives Arthur CPR and miraculously does not get sick. If the virus is a cleansing agent, it would make sense that these two are spared as they are protagonists, but this is doubtful as neither of them wonder about why they survived. The matter of them being so near to a man dying of the Georgian Flu and not becoming infected leads me to believe the author forgot that they should have died. What was the author thinking when Kirsten is more concerned about a clean dress than her own brush with death?
Social Justice connects to topics of history such as colonization in Africa, climate change, and the Haitian Revolution. Social Justice also connects to literature in books like, In the Time of the Butterflies, A Long Way Gone and Othello.
The Haitian Revolution and Othello both show evidence of gender inequality. In the Haitian Revolution, when the government was being formed, women could not vote or make any decisions. This was likely a remainder of France’s influence over their old colony. This is because women could not make any decisions in France at that time either. The first country to allow women to vote was New Zealand in 1893. This is interesting because New Zealand, like Haiti was a colony. However, New Zealand was a colony of Britain while Haiti was colonized by the French. Perhaps the difference in laws regarding women’s rights comes from the colonizers. In Othello, gender inequality can be seen in the gender roles throughout the story. Women are expected to be submissive to the men. The men are in power over the women. Desdemona, the main female character in the story, follows these rules almost perfectly. Emilia, the other main female character, does not obey these societal rules. Both women are dead by the end of the story. Both died because of their views on the way that women should live in relation to men. Desdemona dies because she does not fight back as Othello chokes her, submitting to him. Emilia dies because she speaks up about Iago, her husband, and his part in the conspiracy to kill Othello. She speaks against Iago, Iago kills her after she reveals that he masterminded the whole plot. The audience is left to decide which woman was right. The story ends with both women dead for taking opposite sides on a conflict that affected their lives and the lives of all women in the story.
Othello and the Haitian Revolution connect to each other in regard to gender equality. Italian women were not allowed to vote. This means that Desdemona and Emilia would not have been able to change their circumstances if they did not like them. Because the environment in Haiti was similar to Italy, with women not having the right to vote, a similar story could have happened if Shakespeare had set his story there.
Human rights are another important issue of social justice. Human rights were ignored or shattered in the book A Long Way Gone. Climate change in today’s world is another issue. A Long Way Gone depicts a true story of Ishmael Beah whose village is destroyed by rebels. He is forced to be a child soldier. Eventually he gets to the United States for a United Nations Conference where he finds a new life. Ishmael is set free from the oppressive political web that captured his home. Along this journey, most of his basic, fundamental human rights are stripped away. He does not have shelter and he can’t find safety. He runs from the rebels who continue to chase him. His search for essential food and water is practically impossible and he is hungry and thirsty for long stretches of time. It is only towards the end of the book that his basic human rights are met; he finally has access to food, water, and shelter.
Human rights can also be seen in the way that climate change is handled in today’s world. Human rights in the book A Long Way Gone were ignored. The essential need to eat, drink, and exist under some type of shelter is more important than our choices to handle climate change. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still rights ignored by national and international political structures. Rights are restricted by governments when governments issue laws that force people to live in different ways to combat or mitigate climate change. Creating carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems would cost businesses profit and revenue. They would have to create higher carbon emissions to meet the wants and needs of their consumers and the world as a whole. In these systems there is also the question of who would receive the large amounts of money that are generated. Forcing countries to pay for climate change depending on where they are located in the world would severely limit the economies of these countries forced to pay. This would be detrimental if a large-scale war broke out. Countries forced to pay for adaption would likely not be able to put up any resistance to invasion. They also would not be able to aid other countries that might not be as militaristically advanced. Another way that rights are limited within climate change happens when the governments force countries into sustainable development. This could be especially destructive for countries in the global south because they have not reached the modern, western ideas of development. Forcing them to get their energy only from sustainable sources would change their ways of life and potentially take away important cultural aspects. It would also create a taxing drain on their resources, as sources of sustainable energy are generally expensive. Forcing the countries in the global north to pay for the sustainable energy for the global south is unfair. It would take away the rights are choices of the global north.
Religion can be seen within both the colonization of Africa and the book In the Time of the Butterflies. In the colonization of Africa, the people of Africa followed indigenous religions like voodoo. The colonizers of Africa were primarily Catholic and were in Africa to civilize the people. Native Africans were civilized through schools, places where people could get medical treatment, and the spreading of Catholicism. The people of Africa resisted the Catholics. They refused to practice Catholicism. They also blended their native religions, like voodoo, with Catholicism. They did this so that they could continue to practice even some semblance of voodoo. It is interesting that the two religions, Catholicism and voodoo, blended so well. Modern-day voodoo has similar doctrines to Catholicism such as praying to the saints to be able to pray to God. There are also many figures within voodoo that represent various saints and angels.
The book In the Time of the Butterflies depicts Catholicism as well, with it being the official religion of the Dominican Republic. Trujillo uses Catholicism to deepen his control over the Dominican Republic as the dictator. He limited the power of the Catholic church but used its authority over the lives of the citizens. He was able to control the people with fear. Usurping divinity from the Catholic church led people to consider him a god-like figure. This gave him extreme power over the Dominican Republic. The people of the Dominican Republic were harmed by his abuse.
A Review Of Station Eleven Novel
“Survival is Insufficient”
Upon first consideration, I, an incoming freshman from Memphis, Tennessee, have nothing in common with Kirsten Raymonde, the protagonist of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. Kirsten Raymonde perseveres while her world crumbles around her thanks to the Georgia Flu; she watches worldly concerns, such as fame, money, and luxury, become obsolete and replaced by the necessity to survive. But a life based on survival alone is lacking. This thirst for more is why, in Station Eleven, the Traveling Symphony forms. In a world defined by loss, Kirsten and the other members of the Traveling Symphony remind people that there is beauty and richness in life when you strive for thriving as opposed to surviving. This lesson, however, does not stop with the survivors in Station Eleven; surviving at the University of Tennessee is not enough. I want to prosper and succeed.
Soon enough, my life will be drastically different as I move from Memphis, Tennessee, my home for the past eighteen years, to Knoxville, Tennessee. I will leave my parents’ house for a dorm room to live with someone who is not family. I will swap homecooked meals for dining hall food, and I will transition from a small private school to a large public university. Admittedly starting college is far less life-altering than surviving a pandemic, but the motto “Survival is Insufficient” still stands. I can easily survive my freshman year. I am mature enough to wake up, eat, go to class, exercise, study, and sleep without my parents telling what to do and when to do it, but I would not be truly living if my life were defined by these events. If anything, I’d be a “high-functioning sleepwalker” (St. John Mandel 163) as Dahlia in Station Eleven might say. I want to be able to reflect on college and remember something more meaningful than just my classes – I want to reflect on genuine relationships, spontaneous adventures, stimulating conversations, and teaching mistakes. The Traveling Symphony exists to remind the survivors that art enriches life past survival alone, and as I transition to life as a college student, I will prioritize the opportunities that turn the University of Tennessee from a school to a home. First off, I completed Ignite Outdoors; I chose to participate in Ignite Outdoors because of I enjoy hiking, camping, and paddle boarding and figured that it’d be a unique way to meet likeminded people. I arrived knowing no one and insecure in my outdoors abilities; just like Kirsten, I was alone and anxious, but that quickly faded. I camped, hiked, and spoke to my team for hours; we survived together, and as Ignite continued, we progressed from strangers to friends. Ignite is special to me because it gave me a group friends who enriched my experience as a UT student before even my first day of class. Ignite was the first of many steps of immersing myself into UT, and I firsthand know the benefits. I dedicated time and energy to participating and Ignite, and in return, I received memories, friends, experience, and confidence to further involve myself in UT and the outdoors program. Once I arrive on campus, there will be many new ways to involve myself: Greek life, clubs, classes, student ministries, volunteer work, and more. These opportunities, if I involve and apply myself, will be what enhances my UT experience past the point of survival alone. I will have a purpose and a place at a University that over 20,000 people call home, and not everyone can say that. Though my situation is very different from Kirsten Raymonde’s in Station Eleven, if I follow her example by being brave, open, and purposeful and refusing to settle for survival, I will do more than scrape by at the University of Tennessee. I will thrive.
Technology’s Effect on Human Relationships: Comparing Station Eleven and Frankenstein
August 1, 2019 by Essay Writer
In western society, technology has become so entrenched into our lives that we are seemingly unable to perform daily tasks without it. Technology is ubiquitous, rapidly evolving, and provides many benefits to society. From smartphones, to digital tablets, and aircrafts, technology is able to connect us with each other from any corner of the globe through travel and communication. However, despite these advances, technology has also come with many negative impacts as well. Although technology brings us together, it has created a hiatus in our society causing individuals to have fewer face-to-face interactions with each other. Emily St. John Mandel’s novel Station Eleven and Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein both utilize character development to portray technology’s role in the isolation of individuals through the destruction of their current and future relationships with friends and family.
In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portrays technology’s influence on isolating individuals from their relationships through the example of Victor Frankenstein. The use of constant technology has changed the relationship dynamic of society today. Individuals who spend more than six hours per day on their phones or watching televisions tend to become tech addicts, and they neglect important aspects of their life like their relationships (Hodis and Brunner 840). Moreover, Victor Frankenstein dedicated every hour of every day to technology, and neglected his relationship with the love of his life. In the beginning of the novel, Victor falls in love with his adopted sister Elizabeth. However, as the novel progresses Victor’s obsession with creating the creature, causes him to neglect her. In chapter 5, when Elizabeth writes a letter to Victor, she confesses her love for him, saying “I love you and that in my airy dreams of futurity you have been my constant friend and companion” (Shelley 130). Conversely, In Victor’s letter to Elizabeth, he dedicates only one sentence to describe his love for her, because he is fully engrossed with discussing his own “secret” (Shelley 131). All of his attention is focused on creating the monster and he disregards his relationship with Elizabeth. Another example of Victor’s seclusion from his relationships due to technology is shown during the process of creating the monster. In the novel, Victor expresses his withdrawal from his friend Henry to the readers by quoting, “I saw plainly that he was surprised, but he never attempted to draw my secret from me; and although I loved him with a mixture of affection and reverence that knew no bounds, yet I could never persuade myself to confide to him that event which was so often present to my recollection but which I feared the detail to another would impress more deeply”(Shelley 66). Withholding the secret of the monster he created, Victor reinforces his isolation from Henry. The seclusion described in the quote is more mental than physical. Technology addicts usually display symptoms such as loneliness and depression, from family and friends because of their unhealthy obsession. They create a self-absorbed world in which they ignore the care for others as they are too invested in their own digital lives (Hodis and Brunner 842). After the creating the creature, Victor becomes paranoid and is unable to express his feelings to anyone. His over obsession with the monster traps Victor inside his own thoughts, and further separates him from his loved ones.
Moreover, Mandel’s novel Station Eleven reflects a decline in emotional connections, and relationships due to the overuse of technology. Throughout the novel, Mandel describes technological advancement before the collapse as problematic and toxic. In today’s golden age of technology the author labels humans as “zombies,” who sleepwalk through life. In chapter 26, as Clark Thompson interviews a young woman named Dahlia, she criticizes her boss Dan for his obsession with technology and corporate life. Dahlia explains how Dan is senselessly wandering through life as a “high functioning sleep walker” (Mandel 161), and is living in a “corporate world full of ghosts” (Mandel 161). The “high functioning sleep walker”, as described by Dahlia is a clear criticism of the use of technology in modern society, as it blinds individuals to their surroundings. Technology has allowed individuals to become independent as it can now handle multiple different complex tasks that once used to be done by people. Jobs such as mail carrier, weatherman, news anchor; have all been replaced by apps, further limiting interactions, as a majority of information can be accessed directly through a mobile device. The rise of individualism has resulted in a decline in relationship values, since technology is immersed in people’s daily routines more than ever before (Hodis and Brunner 840). When Dahlia refers to this world as one full of ghosts, she complains that people (like Dan) who preoccupy themselves with technology, and lead their lives on their own have lost their ability to connect with others. Technology grants individuals independence, but this excessive self-reliance leads to ignorance towards society and others (Hodis and Brunner 841). After the collapse of civilization many characters in the novel reflect upon their isolation in past relationships, and the regrets they may have. An example of this is shown through Garett, one of the few survivors of the Georgian flu. When Garett talks to Clark about his past, author Emily Mandel quotes, “Garrett had a wife and four-year-old twins in Halifax, but the last call he’d made was to his boss. The last words he’d spoken into a telephone were a bouquet of corporate clichés, seared horribly into memory” (Mandel 49). This quote reflects the emptiness he experienced with technology and his corporate life before the collapse of civilization; and compares it to the more connected nature of existence that replaced it. Before the collapse, advanced technology and fast paced societal development had undermined family values and relationships. After the outbreak of the Georgian flu, the first person Garett called was his boss, rather than immediately checking on his family.
The obsession with the technological and corporate world has forced individuals to detach themselves from their own family, without realizing it. Research itself has shown that technology-facilitated communication and work leads to miscommunications and detachment (Murray and Campbell 125). A study conducted in Netherland described the negative impact of the overuse of technology in work related environments on relationships. The results of the study showed that Individuals who worked more than 9 hours a day at a computer, have an increased risk of physiological problems in which they become completely aloof from their surroundings (Murray and Campbell 125). These individuals tend to feel cognitive and emotional symptoms such as loneliness, which diverts them from their relationships (Murray and Campbell 126). After the collapse, where the period of modern technological world has come to an end, Garrett realizes and criticizes the grasp his old life had over him. His overuse of technology and corporate life distanced him from his family. However, the loss of technology allows him to reconnect with his family, but in a different way. The novels Station Eleven and Frankenstein contrast in their abundance of technology; however, both novels use character development to convey the idea that excessive use of technology destroys human connections. In Frankenstein, the author believes seclusion between individuals is due to the overuse of technology, and uses Frankenstein’s monster as a symbol for technology, to better explain it. He (Frankenstein’s monster) becomes the product of Victor’s character development, and ultimately separates him from the love of his life. Victor’s decision to be consumed by technology is seen when the very representation of technology, directly causes the death of his beloved Elizabeth. Station Eleven presents the idea of redemption through Garett’s character. A man who was formerly immersed in technology, which resulted in neglect towards his family, was able to reflect upon his previous actions and build new relationships with the people living in Severn city. Both novels share the common theme that “technology destroys an individual’s relationships with their friends or family,” although they go about it in different ways.
Technology today is growing exponentially, almost out of our control. Research supports the idea, that although technology in today’s modern society is a necessity, obsessive use can cause isolation between individuals and their friends or family. It can cause a disconnect with things that truly matter in life, without the individual even knowing. In novels such as Station Eleven and Frankenstein, technology acts as an acid, eating way personal relationships, until nothing is left and individuals are immersed in their obsession. The characters in the novels become so engrossed in the technology they’re working with that they fail to realize the consequences they may face in the future for their actions. Through their own creative uses of storytelling, both authors are able to emphasize the extreme impact of technology on society in their own way. The authors collectively suggest that technology should not be excessively used in our day-to-day lives; rather it should only be used to enhance our relationships with others.
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Art as a Measure of Society’s Competence in Station Eleven
March 29, 2019 by Essay Writer
Internal Journeys of the Characters of Station Eleven
January 8, 2019 by Essay Writer
Station Eleven includes a vast number of key characters and storylines, focusing on both the internal and external battles these characters face. Some characters, such as Kirsten, Jeevan, and Clark, long for community after a life of disarray, sadness, or lack of belonging. Others, like Miranda, realize their life was not what they believed and come to reality with how they truly feel. However, characters like Tyler find refuge in illogical explanation for the pandemic. Regardless of the differences, all of the characters changed—some for the worse, others for the better—as their journey progressed through the challenges of overcoming an apocalypse.
Kirsten, who plays a pivotal role as the central character of Station Eleven, gives a unique perspective due to the fact that she remembers very little before the Georgia Flu. Before the flu occurred, Kirsten was a child actor and there is evidence of her being lonely and independent. A few years after the pandemic, Kirsten lost her brother and found herself alone once again. However, a year after being on her own, she joins the Traveling Symphony and finally finds herself as part of a community for the first time in her life. The key difference in Kirsten’s internal transformation is that now, twenty years after the flu, she longs for companionship. Before, she felt indifferent with being an outsider and only associating with a few people. The change is most notable when August and Kirsten are stranded for the first time without the Symphony and Kirsten thinks, “Hell is the absence of people you long for” (144). Compared to before when Kirsten was used to being alone, now she cannot imagine a life without her community.
Like Kirsten, Jeevan also offers a unique perspective because his internal journey was a constant rollercoaster before the flu even occurred. At the beginning of the novel, it is clear to the reader that Jeevan cares deeply about people due to his efforts of trying to save Arthur and also learning that he is studying to be a paramedic. However, before the flu, Jeevan was a paparazzo who was only in it for the money and had no shame about taking scandalous pictures of people, like Miranda, for his own personal gain before quitting that life forever. He experiences difficulty with having healthy relationships with others. His girlfriend, Laura, does not treat him well and he avoids previous colleagues whenever possible. When the flu hits, he goes straight to his brother’s place and stays there for as long as possible, not wanting to go out into the new world. However, he eventually does go out and settles in a town called McKinley. He finds community there, becomes the doctor, and even has a wife and child, whom he honors his brother with the name. Although before and after the flu, Jeevan has a continuous profound care for others, the key change is that he learns to go out and find what he longs for—which, like Kirsten, is community, love, and the ability to no longer fear the judgment of others.
Miranda dies in the first few days of the Georgia Flu, but her death on a beach in Malaysia is a poetic end to her internal journey. The key change for Miranda was that she finally accepted that she belonged where she was. Before the flu, she spent her life searching for happiness in other people like Pablo and Arthur, but “she knows she’ll never belong here no matter how hard she tries” (92). When she returns to her work at Neptune Logistics and moves up the ranks, she finds she “almost always loves her life but is often lonely” (107). She draws her comics in hotels at night, which is what she truly loves. In her final moments, she imagines the Station Eleven comic books and how her death is like waking up from a dream. This comparison is Miranda accepting that the life she was pretending to live was like a dream—she did not belong there.
Clark Thompson lived a somewhat insignificant life before the plague occurred. His job was mundane, he attended superficial dinners, but he valued his friendship with Arthur. Despite the friendship he shared, he can’t help “thinking about the terrible gulf of years between eighteen and fifty” (112). The key change for Clark is that the plague gives him a purpose, and changes his attitude from one of a realist to one of a dreamer. His purpose becomes the Museum of Civilization and he is now fascinated with the idea that life as we knew it is possible one day. He values his relationship with people very deeply and shares his hope and optimism with others.
Probably the most drastic internal journey occurs within Tyler, Arthur Leander’s son. Before the pandemic, he is a young, innocent boy who enjoys playing his Nintendo and longs for his father. However, he begins to transform after the flu occurs when he reads the Book of Revelations and begins quoting his mother by saying, “Everything happens for a reason.” Tyler ends up becoming an evangelical, polygamous, cult leader with a ruthless reputation that stems hundreds of miles away from his town of Saint Deborah. Despite this, there is evidence that Tyler still longs for life as it used to be. He keeps the Station Eleven comics that his father gave him and names his dog after the one in the books.
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Gone in an Instant: “Superman: The Movie” and other good movies leaving Netflix on March 31
Look, up on your streaming service. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s all the “Superman” movies leaving Netflix on March 31.
Just as Superman is missing from the new “Justice League” trailer, he’ll be gone from Netflix in April. The original “Superman: The Movie” and the even-better “Superman II” will go, along with the lesser-regarded sequels, including the painfully bad “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.” Even “Superman Returns,” the 2005 reboot with Brandon Routh, will go back to Krypton (or some rival streaming service that bought the rights, more likely.)
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Instant Gratification: “Pete’s Dragon” and four other good movies new to Netflix and Amazon Prime
Pick of the week: “Pete’s Dragon” (Netflix) — I’m not sure who saw David Lowery’s ’50s crime drama “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” and thought “That guy should totally reboot a ’70s Disney movie featuring an animated dragon.” But I’m glad they did, because Lowery’s take is refreshingly old-fashioned storytelling that they don’t do much in family films anymore, relying on heart and emotion as much as effects. Although that is a pretty good-looking dragon.
“Let me get my bag”: Time traveling with Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy
I used to think it was pretty special that I got to age along with the Richard Linklater’s “Before” series. When “Before Sunrise” came out I was 26, when “Before Sunset” came out I was 35, and when “Before Midnight” came out I was 44. Tracking, more or less, with the aging of the characters, getting a surprise visit from them every 9 years.
It was special for watching the movies, but also for those nine-year gaps in between. Linklater’s preoccupation, from “Boyhood” to “Dazed and Confused” to “Slacker” has always been about time, how it shapes us and how we shape it in memory. These nearly-decade long intermissions gave me the chance to age, too, and track my own trek into middle age along with Celine and Jesse.
But the occasion of the release of all three films in a boxed set from the Criterion Collection has me rethinking that specialness a little. Because, as valid as it is to see the films over an 18-year span, seeing them all together reveals new things to the viewer, reveals them not just as an ongoing project but a single, unified work of art.
Instant Gratification: “What We Do in the Shadows” and four other good movies new to Netflix and Amazon Prime
Pick of the Week: “What We Do in the Shadows“ (Amazon Prime) — My full review is here. Before “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and making Thor funny in the upcoming “Ragnarok,” New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi co-created and starred in this hilarious mockumentary about a group of vampires living together in a flat. The usual roommate run-ins are heightened when all of the tenants are immortal, and not cleaning up after yourself involves geysers of blood all over the walls. Jemaine Clement and Rhys Darby of “Flight of the Conchords” also appear.
“Always Shine”: An unnerving film is ready for its closeup
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And you thought Emma Stone’s auditions in “La La Land” were rough. In the opening scene of Sophie Takal’s “Always Shine,” an actress named Beth (Caitlin FitzGerald) is auditioning for a sexually humiliating part in a lousy horror movie, sobbing as she offers an unseen killer her body in exchange for sparing her life. We hear the producers leering off-camera as she debases herself, chortling as she all but strips in front of them to get the part.
Then we see what’s shot like another audition, this time an actress named Anna (Mackenzie Davis) seeming to audition for the part of a pissed-off customer at an auto repair shop. Only, when the scene ends, we realize that she’s not auditioning for role — she really is at an auto shop, really is pissed off.
The pairing of those two scenes is key. “Always Shine” comes off in many ways like a brutal commentary on Hollywood sexism, on the way the industry uses and disposes of women. And that’s part of it. But, ultimately, “Always Shine” is about the way society in general looks at women, how they are often forced to perform roles for men in certain ways — to play submissive, or flirty, or the “cool girl” — in order to be seen and heard.
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Pick of the Week: “Captain Fantastic” (Amazon Prime) — My full review is here. Jimmy Kimmel joked at the Oscars about how few people had seen this movie that got Viggo Mortensen a Best Actor nomination — now you can rectify that. Mortensen is terrific, both majestic and wounded, as a widower who has raised his five kids off the grid in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest. It’s a tough but idyllic existence — but when his late wife’s parents attempt to take custody of the kids and bring them into the modern world, he has to reckon with how he’s raised them. He’s both like no parent ever and like every parent.
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Christina Park is lucky today and is renowned as an anchor, who anchors the evening newscasts on WNYW. It was 2007 when Christina decided to join the network. She joined WNYW in August, and since then, she never had to rethink if that was the right decision she took. She even worked as a head anchor for CNN.
Christina Park Married, Wedding?
Christina is a married lady. She got married on 10 August 2013. Her husband is Daniel Kim who is the greatest support in her life. They got engaged after years of knowing each other. They decided that their wedding would bring them closer. They have a happy family consisting of two children. The couple has a son and a daughter. She spends many occasions together with her family. She loves to celebrate her birthday with her children and husband. She never talked about the affairs that she had in the past.
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Today, Christina is a mother and has a beautiful daughter and a handsome son. Because of privacy reasons, Christina regularly posts the pictures with her children, which shows that she is a very good mother who flaunts her love for her children on social media.
Christina Park enjoys a holiday with her family on 1 September 2015 (Photo: Christina Park's Facebook)
Christina is very much in love with her husband and her children, so there is no chance of the split or divorce. She and her husband are raising their kids with good moral values and the family resides in New York.
Christina Park Short Bio
Christina Park celebrates her birthday on 19 March every year. Not much is revealed about her birthplace or birth year, so it is impossible to determine her age. She also has not talked much about her parents and family, but she has disclosed that she lost her father at the tender age of eighteen. However, she is very close to her mother, who makes a regular appearance on Christina's social media pictures.
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Of American nationality, she embraces white ethnicity and stands at the height of 5 feet 3.5 inches (1.61 meters).
Christina Park went to the University of Pennsylvania. She got a degree in Neuroscience. Park even worked as a pianist in concerts for the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra back in the days. She wanted to study to become a doctor, but that was when she discovered her true interest in journalism. She always wanted to explore her talents and saw the best talent she ever had.
Christina got a successful life. She worked hard to make a career in the industry and succeeded as well. Christina earned a handsome salary. Today her net worth is massive, and she has great wealth.
People want to become excellent at what they do. Christina succeeded in becoming the best version of what she could become. She lives an affluent life in New York with her family.
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By Karissa Bell 2016-11-04 16:00:00 UTC
Google is now starting to experiment with one of its biggest changes to search. The company is beginning to test a new "mobile first" version of its search index, meaning the company will prioritize mobile content in its search results.
First, a refresher on how Google Search works: Google's bots crawl the web tracking more than 60 trillion web pages and the links within them. Google then categorizes them into a massive index based on hundreds of different factors. This index, along with a series of algorithms, is what enables Google to return relevant search results — that list of blue links — when you enter a query into the search box.
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With the new update, Google will determine the rankings of pages based on their mobile content. (While it was previously reported that Google was creating an entirely separate mobile index, the company says it will be using the same index as before but that it will use mobile sites for its page ranking.)
Google's message is very clear: The time to adapt to mobile is now.
"Although our search index will continue to be a single index of websites and apps, our algorithms will eventually primarily use the mobile version of a site’s content to rank pages from that site, to understand structured data, and to show snippets from those pages in our results," writes Google product manager Doantam Phan.
There are a lot of implications to this change, but the most obvious one is that sites that don't have functional mobile versions will likely lose out, and turn up farther down in search results. With this move, Google's message is very clear: The time to adapt to mobile is now.
This is a big change and one that "will take some time" to be implemented fully, according to Phan, but for users this means mobile search results will get a lot better. That's good news for users since the majority of Google searches now come from mobile devices — the impetus behind Google's desire to optimize its core product for that audience.
Though Google is still only testing the change, the company offers a few suggestions to those who want to make sure their sites are ready for the change. You can take a look at them over at Google's Webmaster blog.
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While doing work on propositional logic (namely, proving the Generalized De Morgan's Laws), I found myself wondering why precisely an infinite conjunction or disjunction are not permitted, due to the fact that in predicate logic (also a finitary logic), quantification over domains of discourse with infinite size are allowed. Using the definition of the existential and universal quantifiers as: $ \exists( x \in X) P(x) \Leftrightarrow \bigvee_{x_i \in X}{P(x_i)} $ and $\forall (x \in X)P(x) \Leftrightarrow \bigwedge_{x_i \in X}{P(x_i)} $, along with the duality of the quantifiers (namely $ \neg\exists x P \Leftrightarrow \forall x \neg P $ and $ \neg\forall x P \Leftrightarrow \exists x \neg P $), does this not imply that 1) infinite conjunctions and disjunctions must be allowed in order to quantify over infinite domains and 2), at least in predicate logic, De Morgan's Laws hold for the infinite case? Thanks
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$\begingroup$ Infinitary disjunctions are permited in geometric logic, which is the natural internal logic of Grothendieck toposes and geometric morphisms. De Morgan's law fails here, but that is because it fails already in the finitary fragment of geometric logic (called coherent logic). $\endgroup$ – Zhen Lin Mar 23 '12 at 16:26
If this doesn't completely answer your question, I can expand it later if you ask a followup in a comment. The simple answer is just that there's a difference between letting a formula have infinite length and letting the interpretation (and truth-value) of a formula depend on infinitely many assignments. You make a clear split between (i) the formal language and its deductive system as just mechanical manipulations of meaningless strings of symbols, (ii) the structures that you interpret the language to be talking about, and (iii) the way that the interpretations (mappings from (i) to (ii)) themselves work. Very generally/vaguely, restricting things to be finite should keep things simpler. This seems reasonable, yes? So there might be advantages to confining the infinite bits to one or two of the above steps. It turns out that this does make a difference, and this is one thing that introducing quantifiers allows you to do.
To answer your questions more directly:
(1) Yes, in some sense, but where these infinite things are and how precisely they are infinite (i.e., what their structure is) is another matter. In FOL, they are relegated to the metalanguage and metatheory.
(2) This seems like a reasonable way to think of things, but it depends on the details of what you mean. De Morgan's laws are about relationships between the logical operators, and the operators are exactly the same in propositional and predicate/first-order logic. De Morgan's laws do hold in FOL -- they're exactly the same as in propositional logic. If you want to point out a relationship among the concepts of negation, conjunction, and disjunction that we use in the different steps above (in the object language and metalanguage) and how they relate to quantification, then yes, you seem to have the right idea. The reason that the existential and universal quantifiers are related in the way that you point out is because of how negation, conjunction, and disjunction are related in the metatheory. But you might be able to trace this idea back to Aristotle and company.
Cheers, Rachel
Edit to answer comment: Yes, the distinction between finitary and infinitary logics usually has to do with the formal language and formal deduction part. You can allow formulas or proofs (or both) of infinite length.
The same distinction between formal, syntactic types of things and meaningful, semantic types of things is also applied to propositional logic. It is not always brought to everyone's attention when studying propositional logic because it's a simpler system, and the pieces are related in a way that makes the distinction not of much consequence. The thing to note is that the same steps are happening in propositional logic, but humans don't need to be told how to do them because using natural language has already taught them how to do this mapping between form and meaning. It's more like natural language has made the steps invisible, and they need to be pointed out. Well, also, people don't consciously know how they use natural language, and that is where the work is -- to make these things explicit.
If you're interested in logic and a bit of model theory, two very good books are Hodges' Logic and Machover's Set theory, logic, and their limitations. Hodges is incredibly funny and insightful, and Machover is very good about pointing out clearly and thoroughly the relationships just touched on.
RachelRachel
$\begingroup$ Thanks, that clears things up. I had a feeling that it had to do with the fact that predicate logic had additional structure to it, so to speak, but didn't know the specifics of it. So I take it that when we say that a logic is finitary that it refers to the length of formulas, rather than the assignment of interpretations, which is why this is allowed to work? $\endgroup$ – Hayden Mar 23 '12 at 20:27
$\begingroup$ @Hayden, My reply was longish, so I edited it in above. $\endgroup$ – Rachel Mar 23 '12 at 20:58
$\begingroup$ thanks again, that was very insightful. And yes, I'll keep that in mind. Right now I'm reading Wolfe and then Mendelson. Wolfe is a nice intro, but isn't extremely thorough or rigorous, so I've been using a lot of graduate texts to supplement it. $\endgroup$ – Hayden Mar 24 '12 at 16:10
$\begingroup$ @Hayden, I'm not familiar with Wolfe. If you don't already have Mendelson and can handle graduate texts, check out Shoenfield before getting Mendelson. And you might also still like Machover. $\endgroup$ – Rachel Mar 25 '12 at 8:04
This is not really an answer, but I thought I would talk a little bit about one class of logics that are related to the question.
One class of logics which allow infinite conjunctions/disjunctions are Infinitary Logics. These logics specify the number of conjunctions/disjunctions allowed, and also the number of quantifiers allowed. In short, given infinite cardinals $\kappa, \lambda$ the logic $L_{\kappa\lambda}$ allows for the following infinitary constructions:
If $\delta < \kappa$ and $\{ \phi_\xi : \xi < \delta \}$ is a family of formulas, then $\bigvee_{\xi < \delta} \phi_\xi$ and $\bigwedge_{\xi < \delta} \phi_\xi$ are formulas;
If $\epsilon < \lambda$ and $\{ x_\xi : \xi < \epsilon \}$ is a family of individual variables, then given any formula $\phi$ the expressions $( \forall x_0 \ldots x_\xi \ldots ) \phi$ and $( \exists x_0 \ldots x_\xi \ldots ) \phi$ are formulas.
(In this formulation, $L_{\omega\omega}$ is the standard (finitary) first-order logic.) (There are also "unbounded versions" where $\kappa$ or $\lambda$ may be $\infty$, meaning unrestricted lengths of conjunctions/disjunctions or quantifiers, respectively.)
The infinitary de Morgan's Laws should be theorems in any formal axiomatization, and are likely to be taken as axioms themselves. However, these logics are often unsuitable from a "practical" standpoint.
Only $L_{\omega\omega}$ and $L_{\omega_1\omega}$ satisfy the following Completeness property: if a sentence $\phi$ is true in every model, then $\phi$ is a theorem.
Given $\kappa > \omega$, natural extensions of the Compactness Theorem for $L_{\kappa\kappa}$ fails except when $\kappa$ is a large cardinal.
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Bicam panel sets final meet on 2020 national budget
Raymond Africa
CONGRESS is set to approve this week the reconciled version of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 as the bicameral conference review of the money measure enters its final phase tomorrow, Tuesday.
Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said the bicameral panel reconciling the Senate and the House of Representatives versions of the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) will meet for the last time for eleventh-hour discussions on the measure.
The bicameral meeting is scheduled on Tuesday morning at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City.
Angara said majority of the Senate representatives to the bicameral group requested for additional time to go through the GAB.
“Senators asked for a one-day period to review the reconciled bicam version of the budget. So to give that, we will meet Tuesday for approval (of the budget bill),” Angara said.
Angara said bicameral discussions have been “moving” as “we are approximately 90 to 95 percent reconciled with the House.”
He said a number of institutional amendments made by the senators have been adopted by the bicam panel, including those from Sen. Panfilo Lacson who has sought to place a number of limits on administrative costs and approving more local projects.
“(The proposals) have also been adopted in some form in the budget’s general and special provisions,” he added.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said they are also looking at Tuesday or Wednesday, at the latest, for the ratification of the budget bill.
At the House of Representatives, the chairman of the House committee on appropriations said the conference committee report on the proposed 2020 national budget may be approved on Tuesday morning and ratified on the same day to allow President Duterte to sign it into law before December 21.
“We will do our best to finish the bicam by Tuesday,” said Ungab. “Hopefully, we can finish the bicam and plenary ratification [of the report] on Tuesday,” Ungab said.
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda, a vice chair of the House committee on appropriations, said efforts by both panels to reconcile their differing versions of the budget has been going smoothly.
“There are no problems on the final version. It was moved to Tuesday because it was the original plan,” Salceda said. – With Wendell Vigilia
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Military-Chinese telco deal to undergo scrutiny: Lorenzana
Victor Reyes
DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday said the controversial agreement between the Armed Forces and a Chinese telecommunications firm will have to pass through his office before it can take effect.
Lorenzana made the statement as Sen. Francis Pangilinan raised anew national security concerns from the memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will allow the Dito Telecommunity Corp. firm to put up towers and other communication facilities in military camps.
He said Chinese laws require Chinese firms to “cooperate in gathering of intelligence information by the state.”
Dito Telecommunity Corp. is the country’s third telecommunications player.
Formerly Mislatel, Dito is a consortium of Davao businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corporation and its subsidiary, Chelsea Logistics Corporation, and Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation, a parent company of China Telecom.
Lorenzana, who is on official visit abroad since last week, said he was not aware of the MOA signed last week by military and Dito representatives at the AFP general headquarters on Wednesday last week.
Lorenzana said he has made initial inquiries from the AFP chief Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr about the agreement.
“When I inquired, the CSAFP (Chief of Staff, AFP) said the MOA is going to my office for my approval,” he said. “So now I am aware of it and I will scrutinize it carefully before giving my approval. I’ll be back in Manila on the 20th.”
AFP public affairs chief Col. Noel Detoyato said there is nothing wrong with the agreement, noting areas being made available to Dito are now used by the two major telco players — Globe and Smart.
He said the military is open to backing out of the agreement “if it will compromise national security.”
However, Detoyato said the military has deemed the agreement with Dito will not compromise national security, noting that the firm will only be putting up “relay stations” in military camps.
On whether the copy of the agreement will be made public, Detoyato said, “We will have to consult with our legal officers.” He said Dito will also have to be consulted.
Pangilinan last week said the agreement can be used by China for electronic espionage.
Yesterday, he said the MOA poses a “national security concern” because of two Chinese laws — Counter-Espionage Law of 2014 and the National Intelligence Law of 2017 — which he said compel the cooperation of Chinese citizens and companies in the state’s intelligence-gathering activities.
“China Telecom is… a Chinese company. What if the Chinese government says, ‘O, meron kayong access diyan (you have access there). You are mandated to turn over information to us because we have the Counter-Espionage Law and we have the National Intelligence Law,’” Pangilinan said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.
Pangilinan said Dito could be used to eavesdrop on conversations, meetings, information concerning troop movement, and even national security briefings.
Pangilinan compared the MOA to the national security concerns raised by Lorenzana and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., regarding the location of POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) hubs near military camps.
He also cited the ban on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei by the governments of Australia, United States, Japan, and New Zealand due to security concerns.
Pangilinan said he would raise the issue during the upcoming hearings on the budgets of the Armed Forces and the defense department. – With Vince Nonato
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The Adventures of Frosty & Goldilocks
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Day 167, Mile 2660.1 – Oh Canada!!!
First of all: WE MADE IT!!!!! We made it to Canada. But getting there was truly an adventure – and an emotional roller coaster, to say the least. Just 4 days before we made it to the border, we were in a bar with tears in our eyes, coming to terms with the fact that our hike was most likely over. So let me fill in the gaps, and spare no detail.
We finally left Stevens Pass after taking 3 zeros to allow the worst of the rain/snow storm to pass. We were dropped off by Ashe’s brother, where we found Japanese hiker Goku sitting by the trailhead. He doesn’t speak much English but managed to explain that after hiking 30 miles out from Stevens Pass, he had turned back. He just kept repeating the phrase “many snow” over and over again… and with that as our only update on trail conditions, we headed out. We soon learned that many hikers had been forced to zero in their tents during the storm, and that there was a lot of snow on the passes. Over the next day and a half, we passed 7 thru hikers who had turned around and were heading the other way, all of whom had weathered the storm on trail and said they didn’t feel safe continuing on. Not the best way to start our section.
On the second day out, we met back up with long-time hiking buddy Shedder, who caught up to us from Stevens. We hiked on over rolling alpine meadows, with a few breaks here and there in the drizzling rain. The first snow we encountered was on Red Pass, where many of the hikers had turned back or hunkered down in their tents. Fortunately, by the time we went over the pass, there had been at least 20 hikers in front of us, packing down the snow and blazing the trail. It was slick at some points, and I sure wouldn’t want to cross it in blizzard-like conditions, but we went right over it with little trouble.
After Red Pass, the trail became very overgrown and was covered in large blowdowns (fallen trees). We made our way through the foliage and over, under, and around all the trees, but it was slow going. It added an extra layer of challenge to a section that was already extremely difficult due to the cold, constant drizzle and a severe elevation profile. We were trying to cover big miles and push into Stehekin by midday on day 5. So on the third day, we hiked 25 miles, covering 8000 feet of elevation gain and 8500 of elevation loss, including an hour in the dark, during which we overshot our campsite by half a mile and had to backtrack (making for a grand total of 26 miles). It rained and snowed on us lightly that day. My legs were burning.
On our last night and day into Stehekin, it began to rain harder. And for the last 10 miles in particular, it poured. By this point, we were physically and mentally exhausted, all our gear was wet from rain and/or condensation, our clothes were wet, and our feet were constantly freezing. I would have thoughts like, “I wonder how long it takes to get Trench Foot.” But at long last, we made it to Stehekin.
Stehekin is a small, small town in North Cascades National Park, located on the north end of Lake Chelan. There are no roads connecting it to the outside world; it can only be reached by boat, float plane, or by foot. The Park Service operates a shuttle that takes people from the trailhead to various places around the town, including an amazing bakery and the lodge where we were staying. After standing in the pouring rain for 30 minutes waiting for the shuttle to arrive, we joyfully got on the bus (our first shelter from the rain in 5 days), stocked up on baked goods at the bakery, and then arrived at the lodge, where we immediately checked into our room, took hot, hot showers, and spread out all our gear to dry.
There were a number of other hikers at the lodge in Stehekin, and they told us that lots of people were calling it quits and getting on the boat to Chelan. “Winter is here,” they said. “It’s over.” The storm had dropped tons of snow on the trail north of us. And there was another system moving in the next day, which was expected to drop a lot more snow – and at lower elevations. We were too physically and mentally exhausted to deal with this news at the moment, so we decided to zero in Stehekin and take some time to think about our next move. We caught the Washington/Arizona football game on TV in the common room, drank a beer, and slept deeply. The next day (after watching an amazing Seahawks game vs. the Texans), we made a plan. We would hike the 19 miles to the aptly-named Rainy Pass, which we knew would be mostly snow free due to its elevation. From there, we would hitch down Highway 20 into the town of Winthrop, where we knew that at least a dozen hikers were holed up and trying to figure out their next move.
Lunch with Shedder during a break in the weather
Hiking along alpine meadows
Grey clouds preparing to rain on our parade
This little guy was on top of Red Pass.
This little guy was also on top of Red Pass.
One of the few bridges in this section that wasn’t collapsed or washed away
The view from the top of one of our climbs
Goldilocks and Shedder contemplate crossing the Suiattle River on this log. This river crossing is notorious among thru hikers, although I believe we found a different log than the one frequently photographed in years past.
Crossing the Suiattle… I walked across, but everyone else opted to scoot.
A pleasant walk in the woods
Our room in Stehekin, where every surface was covered with gear laid out to dry
The cinnamon buns from the Stehekin Bakery were amazing. We ended up eating 5 of them between us.
Float plane landing on Lake Chelan
The Stehekin Shuttle run by the NPS. It’s currently not running due to the government shutdown (thanks, Obamacare).
When we left Stehekin, the very tops of the hills and mountains surrounding Lake Chelan were topped with fresh snow and the air was cold and crisp, but we were ready to get on with our hike – only 80 miles from the border. We slowly climbed away from Stehekin and toward Rainy Pass. The weather was fine until about 3 miles south of the pass, when a light snow started to fall. The light snow soon turned into heavy, wet snow as we approached the pass, and by the time we had hiked the 19 miles, we were chilled to the bone but happy to think we’d be in a bed again that night. Looking fairly pathetic, we easily caught a ride down to Winthrop with a nice guy who was on his way to Pullman. As we traveled to the east side of the mountains, the sun started shinning through and we completely forgot that we were being snowed on only half an hour prior. We checked into another motel and started to contact some of the hikers who we knew were in town.
Winthrop is a western-themed town with old western facades and business names like “The Emporium” and “Jack’s Saloon.” It was kind of a fun place to plan for our last push to the border. We met up with some hikers, many of whom we hadn’t seen in hundreds of miles, and started planning. A large group of our friends were leaving the next day to brave the snow out of Rainy Pass. We decided to wait another day for more weather to pass before we made our push. This also meant that the large group in front of us would navigate and break the trail for us (cut tracks in the snow). That night, we said goodbye to our friends and wished them luck.
The next day, we finished gearing up for our wintery trek with additional wool layers, extra socks, a thermos, snow gaiters, and micro spikes (which attach to your shoes for extra traction on ice or slick surfaces). We thought about getting waterproof boots but didn’t want to spend the money on them for just 60 miles of hiking (I would later regret this decision). We spent the rest of the day just poking around town, talking with some of the hikers we were planning to head out with the next day. But around 5 o’clock, we received word that the hikers who had left that morning had been forced to turn back. It was devastating news. We met them at the Saloon to hear their story.
They had made it 6 miles from Rainy Pass to an area just past Cutthroat Pass, at around 7000 feet. They had encountered waist-deep snow and white-out conditions. Showing us pictures and videos of them struggling through the snow, they described the trail as “impassable.” We were crushed. There were maybe 12 hikers in the bar, all exchanging strategies for an alternate route at lower elevation, telling stories from their attempt, and crying as they grappled with the fact that they would not be able to finish the trail. We were trying our best to come to terms with the fact that we might not make it to the border via the PCT. It was a tough pill to swallow. Tears came to my eyes as I thought of giving up after all this time and effort, and Ashleigh was sobbing.
Then, a hiker who we had only met once, briefly in Bend, walked into the bar. He had gone up with a different group of hikers the same day and was turned back as well. Ashleigh immediately began talking to him. His name was Sneaks, and he was the first and only hiker to tell us that he thought the trail was doable, just extremely slow going. That was all we needed to hear. We had to at least try to make it on the PCT. So we began to plan our own push up into the snow with him. We learned that there was another group of hikers camped out at Rainy Pass who were also going to try the PCT early the next morning. In addition, there were 4 others in Winthrop and a group in Mazama nearby that were planning to try, plus us and Sneaks. We figured it would be a good group of hikers, and that many would be breaking trail ahead of us.
The next morning, we caught a ride to Rainy Pass with our friend Dishcloth. He dropped us off at the trailhead, and we were met there by a large group of hikers. We quickly realized, however, that virtually all of them had bailed and were planning to take an alternate route instead of the PCT. They would road walk from Rainy to Ross Lake, which sits at much lower elevation, and then take a trail along the east bank of Ross Lake up to the Canadian border. Suddenly, the big team of hikers we’d expected to hike out with had shrunk to a team of 8.
Undeterred, we climbed out of Rainy Pass and soon hit the snow. It gradually became deeper as we went, but we were following the tracks of the groups who turned back the previous day, as well as those of Sneaks and Acid Glasses who had hiked out just ahead of us, so we were moving at a relatively good pace. We ascended to just under 7000 feet at Cutthroat Pass and found ourselves in snow 3 feet deep, with more snowing falling. We slowly made our way about a mile further before running into Acid Glasses and Sneaks. Glasses had decided to turn back, and Sneaks didn’t want to go on alone. We were not prepared to be defeated just yet and decided to push on with Sneaks.
By now, we were at the point where everyone had turned around the previous day. We now had to break our own trail through the snow, just the 3 of us. Only about a hundred yards later, we reached a point where there were cliffs in front and to the right of us and only the sheer mountain to the left. We knew there were some switchbacks descending from the ridge but had no idea where they were. We wandered around for about 10 minutes trying to get our bearings, but the snow was falling hard, and we couldn’t see anything beyond a hundred feet. We couldn’t find the trail, and the drop offs were too steep in all directions for us to gamble on the route. Then, just as we were preparing to throw in the towel, John, Maggie, Hannah, and Hops showed up. John and Maggie quickly decided that they were done and turned back. Hops and Hannah wanted to push on, and Hops had a fairly accurate GPS on his phone. So we slogged on, now a team of 5. He would point in the general direction of the trail, and we would wade through the snow to get there; then we would stop and check again.
It was incredibly slow going. We were post holing with every step, which means we would sink into the snow thigh deep. We were only covering about half a mile an hour, if that. I was starting to get cold and had sharp pains in my toes and fingertips. As long as we were moving at a decent pace, we could keep our blood pumping and stay warm enough, but we were now moving way too slow. I would look up and see nothing but white everywhere, and there we were in waist-deep snow, not sure which direction we should go. I didn’t know if this was brave or stupid, or some combination of both. I came close many times to just saying, “This is insane. We need to turn around.” Soon, we were all too cold and tired to go on. We had only gone 7.7 miles, but we needed to set up camp and get warm. So we packed down some snow, set up our tents, and crawled into our sleeping bags. It was only 3:30pm, but we would remain in our tents for the rest of the afternoon, thawing our feet. It was Ashleigh’s 28th birthday.
About an hour later, we started hearing voices. We stuck our heads out of our tents and saw a group of 6 thru hikers with snowshoes on, all in good spirits (Nightcrawler, Pimplimp, Hurculeas, Rafiki, Krusteaz, and K-Pax). We had completely forgotten about the group of hikers leaving behind us with snowshoes! It was so wonderful to see them. They had been following our tracks and decided to push on past us, which meant that in the morning, we could follow them. We wouldn’t have to navigate or break the trail!
The next day, we quickly caught up to the snowshoers, who had camped just 2 miles past. We were still post holing in their tracks, but it wasn’t as deep or as often, and we no longer had to navigate, which saved a lot of time. We all decided to stick together and hike to Harts Pass that day, as 2 of the snowshoers had their parents meeting them there with trail magic. Harts Pass is the only place with road access between Rainy Pass and the border, and we knew we could bail to town from there if conditions were unsafe. So we hiked on with them, across steep, snow-covered faces and along ridges at 7000 feet. It was sunny that day, and for the first time, we could see the beautiful snowy Cascades.
As the day stretched on, we were making steady progress but not moving very fast. Everyone was adamant about making it to Harts Pass that day, so we slogged on into the evening and then into the night. It was dark, and we were hiking closely together with our headlamps, which made us look like a little train moving in the darkness. We were passing over some high-elevation ridges and steep mountain faces. It seemed more than a little crazy to be doing these things at night, and for the first time on the trail, I was longing for an ice axe. It was so cold that I had to punch a hole in the ice that formed over my water bottle when I wanted a drink. At 10:45pm, we finally rolled into Harts, after hiking for 14 hours and covering 23 miles in the snow. It was one of the most physically exhausting days I ever had on the PCT.
We were met by Hurculeas’ and Pimplimp’s parents, who greeted us with cold pizza and cookies. All I could do was shove 2 slices in my face, then wander off to set up camp. My toes were in a lot of pain, and I started thinking I might have mild frostbite. After setting up our tent, I quickly got in, exchanged my soaking wet socks for 3 pairs of dry ones, and shoved a pair of hand warmers into them. But my feet and toes continued to have sharp pain for another 30 minutes or so. It was excruciating, but eventually they warmed up, and we were able to sleep a little.
We left late the next morning, around 11am, and said thank you and goodbye to Hurculeas’ and Pimplimp’s parents. There were only 30 miles to go, and we were excited to get going, even though we were physically done. The weather was great and the hiking easier. We covered maybe 10 miles in little-to-shallow snow, and we were able to put in 16 miles that day. We camped alone with Sneaks that night; 4 hikers were ahead of us and 3 behind (Rafiki had been forced to get off at Harts in order to meet a travel deadline). We were able to find a bunch of dry wood and made a great campfire. We had decided to go for the border the next day. It would be our last night on the trail.
Around 10pm, we were tucked into our sleeping bags when we started to hear voices and saw lights shining into our tents. We poked our heads out to see Midnight Rider with her brother Cameron, along with Rustic, hiking south with Valentino (Midnight Rider’s horse). They had spent the entire afternoon (some 6 hours) on the side of a steep face just a mile ahead of where we were camped, trying to get Valentino moving. Midnight Rider has been riding Valentino since Mexico – she actually started the same day as us. She’s done every foot of the trail except for the last 60 miles but has struggled to get Valentino accustomed to the snow. Midnight Rider, Cameron, and Rustic were constantly hiking out ahead of the horse to pack down the snow so that he wouldn’t sink in, but this would leave Valentino standing in the snow for long periods of time. And that afternoon on the side of that mountain, Valentino just lost it. He was rearing up and running around on the steep face, sometimes dragging Midnight Rider behind on a rope. The group’s gear tumbled down the side of the mountain, and Cameron had to go retrieve as much of it as he could but was too exhausted to climb back up. They were so exasperated that we couldn’t fully understand everything that had gone wrong, but we do know they had activated the SOS signal on their emergency beacon. They would later cancel it. By the time they had backtracked to our camp, they were exhausted and shaken, and Cameron repeatedly said that they and Valentino almost died.
The next morning, we woke early and said goodbye to the horse crew, as they were planning to hike south back to Harts Pass that day. We hiked over the ridge and onto the face that had given Midnight Rider and her team so much trouble. We saw tracks in the snow zigzagging all over the place from their crisis but eventually caught the trail and moved on. After scrambling over a few huge washouts, we caught up with the 4 snowshoers in front of us.
We hiked along in deep snow and hit 7000 feet a couple more times but soon began a long descent toward the border. After we descended below 5500 feet, the snow got lighter and we were able to cruise toward our finish line. As we hiked, I could feel the miles melting away, and with every step, I felt like I was making substantial progress toward the end. My adrenaline started to kick in, and the anticipation was growing; I felt like I was going to burst. Finally we reached a point where we could actually see the clear cut that is the Canadian border! We hiked quickly down one more switchback away from the border (of course), and emerged next to Monument 78 (the Northern Terminus of the PCT)! We had made it!
I can’t describe the waves of emotions that overtook me when we reached the border. It was a mixture of joy, sadness, relief, happiness, and many more. It was one of the most surreal moments of my life – almost like an out-of-body experience. We had been dreaming of this moment for 2 and a half years. To finally reach our goal, especially considering what the last week had been like, was overwhelming. I popped open a bottle of champagne that we had carried all the way from Stehekin and passed it around. We all signed the register, took our victory photos, and sat around and took in the scene. In all, I think we stayed about an hour at the monument, but it was beginning to get dark, and so we had to move on.
Cruelly, after you reach the monument, you still have to hike almost 9 miles out to Manning Park, where you can get transportation back to civilization. We basically ran those last miles, most of them in the dark, but eventually made it to the lodge. There, we ran into Chozen One, who (in an incredible feat of courage and determination) had hiked the section from Harts Pass to Manning Park by himself, breaking trail alone about a day in front of us. Manchurian and Rafiki were also there.
They informed us that most of the hikers who had taken the road walk had made it to the Ross Lake junction but no further. At the Ross Lake trailhead, they were turned away by rangers and forbidden to go any further, as their intended alternate trail was located in a National Recreation Area and had been closed due to the government shutdown. (Five hikers slipped through before the rangers showed up, including Manchurian, who saw the rangers and literally ran down the trail before they could stop him.) It was heartbreaking news – after having their hikes derailed by snow, these hikers had made their peace with the fact that they would have to take an alternate route to Canada, only to have their 2660-mile journey come to a crashing halt 30 miles from the border as a result of Washington politics. Talk about salt in the wound. It was awful to hear, and we could have easily been with them.
We were particularly bummed, as we had expected most of the Ross Lake hikers to be celebrating at Manning Park that night and were looking forward to seeing them and having a chance to say goodbye. Instead, there were only a few of us there. We sat and talked with them and their families about the trail and how it felt to finish. It was a bittersweet moment; everyone knew it was the end of a great adventure. Though we didn’t want the day to end, we were soon too tired to keep our eyes open and checked into a room at the lodge. Unfortunately, the restaurant had closed long before we arrived and we were too tired to cook any food, so our victory meal that night was a bag of Cheetos, some donuts leftover from breakfast, and a multi-vitamin in bed. The Wizard of Oz was on television, and we watched until we fell asleep.
Rainy Pass was snowy.
We passed some time with Peter Pan eating ice cream in Winthrop.
The adorable tourist trap that is Winthrop
The crew that left from Rainy Pass on Oct. 2. Many left on the road walk to Ross Lake, some turned back from the PCT, and only 3 would end up camping with us that night.
The birthday girl, up near Cutthroat Pass
The sign at Cutthroat Pass
This is where Sneaks, Goldie, and I lost the trail. There were steep cliffs on two sides and the mountain on one. We had no idea where we were going. Goldilocks stares over a cliff and ponders the way down.
Waking up on day two
It was a beautiful day to hike!
Hiking with Sneaks along the slopes of the North Cascades
Trying to figure out where to go
Sneaks led the way and opted for straight down.
The side of one of the mountains we traversed. If you look closely, you can see the trail.
Getting close!!!
Success!!! We had carried this bottle of champagne 80 miles from Stehekin.
It was delicious.
The monument!
The face of happiness
Goldilocks and Frosty!
Sneaks! The man who saved our hike.
The amazing, determined crew we finished with. Left to right: K-pax, Krusteaz, Sneaks, Goldilocks, Frosty, Nightcrawler, and Hurculeas. Thank you guys so much. We couldn’t have done it without you.
This entry was posted in PCT 2013 on October 15, 2013 by Mark Halverstadt.
Soggy Update
I don’t really know what day number it is or what mile we are at. But I can tell you that the section between Skykomish and Stehekin was one of the most challenging of the trail. It’s been raining and it’s been cold, and the forecast is for more rain and lots of snow at higher elevations. We hiked through in misery, including a 25-mile day climbing 8000 ft. in elevation, dropping 8500 ft. and finally missing our campsite in the dark by half a mile.
We are something like 80 miles from the border. We intend to hike on but are unsure of what exactly the plan is going to be. We might hitch into a larger town for winter gear, we might push through the snow, we might take a lower route. Hopefully the next post will include pictures of us at the Northern Terminus. Stay tuned and wish us luck.
This entry was posted in PCT 2013 on September 29, 2013 by Mark Halverstadt.
Day 152, Mile 2476.0 – The Stormy Northwest
On our first zero in Snoqualmie, we headed to Tacoma to attend a wedding of two of our college friends (congratulations, Jess and Ryan!). It was great to see old friends all in the same place again, but it was hard to keep up with them – we were pretty exhausted, and our metabolisms are so out of wack these days that it’s difficult for us to drink more than one or two cocktails. The next two zeros were spent attempting to relax, and doing our regular town chores: laundry, blogging, resupply, etc. We also helped Jonathan, Ashleigh’s brother, gear up to hike with us on the next section from Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass.
On Tuesday, we were dropped off by Jonathan’s wife Lindsey and hit the trail. The weather forecast indicated the possibility of rain over the next few days, but we were anxious to get going. It soon began to sprinkle on us lightly, but we paid it little mind and kept on hiking. But the sprinkle soon turned to a drizzle, and then to rain. We stopped about 8 miles in and decided to pitch our tents and hunker down, as the wind was blowing and it was getting very cold. We spent that cold, soggy afternoon side by side in our tents, tucked into our sleeping bags. We cooked dinner under the vestibules of our tents and tried to sleep as the rain pattered on our tent and the temperature dropped into the 30s.
The next morning, there was a break in the rain, and over breakfast, we decided on a plan. It had rained all night, and we were feeling pretty miserable and cold. Unfortunately, Jonathan was forced to turn back and hike home – the sleeping bag he’d brought wasn’t warm enough, and he’d had a a horrible sleepless night. We were extremely tempted to go with him, but it is harder to hike south than it is to face the rain. So we said goodbye and hiked into the drizzle of the Great Northwest.
It was a miserable hike for the first half of the day. My gloves were soaking wet from the day before, so my hands were freezing. It rained on as we hiked through the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, a section that is supposedly one of the most scenic on the trail. We couldn’t see anything; the low clouds obscured everything except the occasional silhouettes of trees in the distance. But after a cold soggy lunch, we started noticing small holes of blue sky, and soon the patches of blue expanded, and then… SUNSHINE! It wasn’t exactly warm, but at least it wasn’t raining.
The rest of the section was mostly sunny, but the nights were freezing, and we shivered as we set up and broke down camp each day. The sun is setting earlier and earlier these days, and rising later and later. In the evening, it’s getting increasingly difficult to cram in the miles before it gets dark, and getting out of our sleeping bag while it’s dark out in the morning is extremely hard as well.
On Friday, we made it to Stevens Pass and hitched a ride into the nearby town of Skykomish. The forecast was calling for rain again that night, so we booked a room at the local motel with Shedder and ate a big, satisfying meal at the cafe. The restaurant was filled with anxious hikers, all talking about the weather. We stared at the forecast on my cell phone and quickly got discouraged. It was calling for rain for the next five days. Further north, the forecast was even more ominous, with snow levels dropping to 5,500 feet (an elevation that the PCT is frequently above). It’s the first storm of the fall, bringing wind, rain, snow, and temperatures in the 20s and 30s. It feels much too soon for this type of weather. We were planning to finish by October 1st or 2nd in order to beat the weather, but it looks like we are going to face it now. Our greatest fear is being snowed out a few dozen miles from the border, and unable to finish the hike. We have just under 200 miles to go – mileage we could typically cover in less than 10 days – but suddenly it seems like an incredible distance.
Our plan is to wait out the storm for a couple of days, and then hike into it, in hopes that it will break partway through the next section (i.e., we’re hoping to be miserable for only two or three days, instead of five). Luckily, Jonathan was able to come fetch us at Stevens Pass and bring us back to Snoqualmie, where we can rest and make a run to REI to pick up some winter gear. Only one resupply point lies between us and Canada (the small town of Stehekin), but it looks like the 104 miles between here and there may be our most difficult yet.
We are way too close to even consider quitting. So wish us luck. And maybe make a sacrifice to the sun gods.
At the Snoqualmie Pass trailhead with Jonathan
Ashe and Jonathan checking out Kendall Katwalk – a section of trail that was created by blowing out the side of a cliff with dynamite. Supposedly there are some great views here, but unfortunately we couldn’t see anything.
Jonathan at the Katwalk
Ashe checking out the scene
Looking over the edge of the Katwalk – a 1,200 foot drop
On day two, our rain mitts made their first appearance of the trip.
A rainy morning at camp – not quite the experience we’d hoped for Jonathan
An example of our amazing views over the first two days
Slowly, the clouds started to dissipate.
We started to get some nice views.
We’re still seeing tons of awesome looking mushrooms. These are our favorite.
Hiking in the sunshine
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Looking down at beautiful Trap Lake
The Misery Movie
We recently ran into an old friend from down the trail named Manchurian who we hadn’t seen in more than 1000 miles. It was wonderful to catch up with him, and when we asked how the trail had been going, he said, “I can only describe it as an adventure.” Adventure. This is probably the single best way to describe the trail. Using the word “adventure” invokes not only the good, triumphant, and beautiful times, but the bad, uncertain, and miserable times as well. He described to us an idea he had for a short movie compilation about the trail, which I wish we could have thought up back in Southern California: the misery movie.
When you look at online trail journals or YouTube videos about the PCT, you mostly find accounts of the glorious times during someone’s hike… photos and videos of them standing on top of Mt. Whitney, wandering in hushed awe through beautiful lush woods, smiling faces as they cross sunny meadows, swimming in hot springs and clear blue alpine lakes, hiking at sunset with stunning white snowy peaks in the background, the elation of coming across trail magic, triumphantly drinking beers in town, peaceful encounters with bears, elk, birds, etc., etc… And don’t get me wrong, there’s lots of that. If the trail weren’t glorious, we wouldn’t be out here. But this portrayal of the PCT omits a pretty huge aspect of thru hiking: misery.
For every wonderful thing that happens on the trail, there is an equally demoralizing thing that happens, kind of like the trail’s version of Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Manchurian’s idea was to make a compilation video of all the bad things that happen. The constant hobbling from wretchedly sore muscles that makes us all look like 90-year-olds (commonly called “the hiker hobble”), the most insane blisters you’ve ever seen, lying awake at night because your body aches too much to get comfortable, or your air mattress has partially deflated, or your tent is dripping condensation on your face, cuts, bruises, rashes, and frequently stubbed toes, stomach problems (due to funky water, a diet based on freeze dried and dehydrated foods, or perhaps just sheer exhaustion – who can tell?), and what it means to have stomach problems when you have to dig your toilet in the ground and ration your toilet paper, exhaustion, heat, cold, wind, rain, hunger, exhaustion, mental breakdowns, putting on cold wet clothes in the morning, trips and falls, bee stings, mosquito bites, biting ants, spiderwebs in the face, food-stealing rodents that chew holes through your pack to get at your trail mix, exhaustion, anxiety about bears, mountain lions, and snakes, deadlines, exhaustion, boredom, monotony, gear failures at inopportune moments, gear repair, resupply boxes that don’t arrive in time or get sent to the wrong place, a never-ending list of errands to do in town, constantly feeling sweaty, filthy, and disgusting, exhaustion, etc. If we could only capture our comrades at their lowest points and compile the videos, it would probably make for an entertaining movie, not to mention educational material for future hikers.
This may seem like a downer of a post, but it’s not meant to be that way. Without all these low points, the highs of the trail wouldn’t feel nearly as high (as cliché as that might sound). I am reminded of our hike around Hat Creek Rim. We hiked the 27-mile waterless stretch mostly in the middle of the day, in 100+ degree weather, drinking hot water, breathing in the dust on the trail, sweating, and feeling disgusting and horrible. By the time we hit the highway and attempted to hitch into the town of Burney, it was getting dark, an hour went by without a single car giving us a glance, and we had just about given up hope. We were going to have to camp next to the highway without water. It was one of our lowest moments on the trail. But just then, a wonderful women pulled over to pick us up. She gave us homemade cookies and a ride to a motel, where we immediately showered and ordered pizza and salad for delivery. We gleefully ate pizza in bed and watched whatever garbage was on TV. It was amazing, and there is no way that eating pizza and watching crummy television would have felt as wonderful in any other context.
Day 145, Mile 2402.0 – The Wonderful Mt. Rainier
The morning after we arrived at White Pass, my mother picked us up at the inn and drove us to the nearby town of Packwood for breakfast, where my sister Kristin, her boyfriend Thomas, and Bob (a family friend) were waiting for us. It was great to see some friendly faces and eat a hot breakfast. But all too soon, we had to get back on the trail. Canada’s call is getting stronger and stronger.
We were planning to hike the 99-mile section to Snoqualmie in four days but only managed to do 16 miles on day one, after spending the morning with my family. We camped by a wonderful lake just off trail. Before setting up camp, I dropped my pack and ran up trail to check for any better campsites. I was jogging slowly when I was stopped by a large female elk in the middle of the trail. She glanced at me with an annoyed look, then jumped down into the bushes off trail. Shortly after that, I came across a meadow with four other elk milling around, including a beautiful male with a large rack of antlers. That night by the lake, we were continuously woken by the heavy steps of elk around our campsite and the sound of them splashing around in the nearby lake and creek. In the morning, as we packed up, we saw two more elk just next to our campsite. They didn’t seem to mind us too much, but unfortunately, they ran off before we could snap any photos.
The next day, we passed into Mt. Rainier National Park. There were stunning views of the mountain all day. The weather was much different from our last section. Almost every day passed without a cloud in the sky. And it got hot, sometimes too hot. Ashe even jumped in a couple of lakes, clothes and all, to cool off.
We’ve been really cruising since leaving the Oregon border, as we had a deadline to meet in Snoqualmie. Two good friends of ours are getting married on the 14th, so we had to arrive here on the 13th. For awhile, we thought about hiking in on the 14th and driving down to the wedding the same day. But we thought better of it, deciding that it might be a little too jarring, and instead pushed hard to arrive on the 13th. As a result, we ended up doing 250 miles in 10 days, and we’re pretty exhausted. We are planning to enjoy three much-needed zeros in Snoqualmie before Jonathan, Ashleigh’s brother, joins us on the trail from here to Steven’s Pass.
Ashe in front of Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier!!
Lush Washington
Huckleberries were growing everywhere along the trail. They were delicious treats as we hiked.
Early morning hiking
Bonus picture: I forgot to post this one in our last entry. This is a view from on top of Old Snowy, with Mt. Adams on the left and Mt. Rainier on the right.
Day 141, Mile 2303.0 – The Two Sides of Washington
There are two things hikers discuss when talking about Washington: the weather and the beauty. We got to experience both in a very clear way during this past section. In six days, we hiked nearly 150 miles from Cascade Locks to White Pass, and we were very thankful that there was a bed and shower at the end of it all.
We spent two not so relaxing but still wonderful zeros in Vancouver, running around doing errands, fixing gear, and eating. Ashleigh’s dad offered to support a slack-pack for our first day out of Cascade Locks. We happily accepted, as Cascade Locks is the lowest point on the trail and there is a considerable climb coming out. So after three wonderful nights in a bed, we woke at 5:30am and left for the trail. We managed to do 30 miles that day, starting at the Bridge of the Gods and the Washington/Oregon border. Ashleigh’s dad was waiting for us at Trout Creek with his friend Tom, along with all our gear and beer and brats for dinner!
The next couple days were spent hiking up and down in the “green tunnel” (heavily forested area). Not many views, and where there were lookouts, all you could see was a grey fog. “It’s like hiking in a cloud,” as one hiker described it. These low hanging clouds made the air moist. We were waking up every morning with our tent and sleeping bag dripping with condensation. Finally, as we rolled into a campsite on Thursday evening, it began to rain – just a light drizzle at first. Thankfully, there was an extremely friendly couple trail angeling at the site. They immediately offered us hot food and had an amazing bonfire going. More than a dozen hikers crowded around to dry off. Then the heavy rain came in. We retreated to our tent and tried to sleep.
In the morning, we woke to the sound of rain still falling on our tent. We laid in our bag and pretended that if we slept a little more, the rain was bound to stop. It didn’t. We reluctantly packed up in the rain, everything soggy and water logged. Other hikers who stayed at the site were equally wet and were hitching rides with the trail angels, hitching some other way, or road walking to Trout Lake, a small nearby town, for relief from the rain. We decided to hike on down the trail through the rain. Forecasts said it should clear up by that afternoon anyway. But as we slogged northward, the rain kept falling. The trail was covered in puddles, some unavoidable, and in some places the trail just turned into an ankle-deep stream of water. We were planning on doing a high 30-mile day that day but only managed 21 before camping. Wet and miserable, we slept, hoping the next day would be dry.
When I poked my head out of the tent the next morning, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Thankful, we hiked for a few hours before finding a sunny meadow, where we laid out all our year to dry. It felt great to finally have everything dry. Eagerly, we hiked on toward the Goat Rocks Wilderness, an area known to be as beautiful as the High Sierra.
Goat Rocks lived up to its reputation. It was stunningly beautiful. After we passed over Cispus Pass, the terrain opened up to a huge valley with amazing waterfalls and a gorgeous sunset. We camped on the side of the valley and took in the views. The next morning we hiked up Old Snowy and caught stunning views of Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier. It was bright and sunny as we hiked, and it felt wonderful.
We ended up going slower than expected, due to the difficult terrain and frequent photo ops, and had to hurry down to White Pass to pick up our resupply box before the local store closed. We tried to take a “shortcut” down a ski slope, as recommended by our guide book, but it ended up being a nightmare… we had to scramble down steep rocky slopes and bushwack through thigh-high huckleberry bushes before finally emerging at the highway. It took just as long as the standard route would have. Eventually we made it to the store, picked up our resupply box (along with a couple pizzas) and checked into the local inn.
On the Bridge of the Gods
Hello Washington!!
This is an example of our views the first few days in Washington.
Hiking in the cloud
Our muddy trail
The morning after the rain – sunlight!!!
Drying our gear out in “Dry Meadow.” Seriously, that was the actual name of the meadow.
Fording Mt. Adams Creek was a bit tricky.
There have been mushrooms of all shapes and sizes along the trail.
Goat Rocks Wilderness
Goat Rocks
Rainier again
The top of Old Snowy
Hiking along the Knife’s Edge, a ridge with steep dropoffs to glaciers on either side, with Old Snowy in the background
Stunning views in Goat Rocks
Hiking friend Stumblin’ Beef atop a peak on the Knife’s Edge
Looking back on the trail
This entry was posted in PCT 2013 on September 9, 2013 by Mark Halverstadt.
Day 133, Mile 2155.0 – Good Bye Oregon… HELLOOOO Washington!
Oregon has a reputation on the trail as being flat (relative to the rest of the PCT). With terrain that allows you to put in big miles every day, you can fly in Oregon. And it’s true. You can. But no one ever mentions how amazingly beautiful Oregon is, or how nice Oregonians are. We have basically fallen in love with Oregon, even with the record rain fall this past month. It has been epically gorgeous and filled with amazing people.
We left Elk Lake Resort after a rainy night sleeping on their porch, and headed north. We wanted to put in a few days of hiking in the Sisters Wilderness before hitching out to Bend, Oregon for an unscheduled break. The Sisters Wilderness was gorgeous, with the Three Sisters (three volcanic peaks in a row) looming over us as we hiked. We had it all planned out. On our second day out from Elk Lake, we would push for a 35-mile day to Santiam Pass, where we would hitch to Bend. We were only 15 miles into the long day and had stopped for a short lunch when suddenly, our old friend Cuddles stumbled out of the woods to join us. We hadn’t seen him for more than 1000 miles!!! He told us he intended to hitch into Bend from McKenzie Pass, which was only 2 miles away (as opposed to 20). We were easily persuaded to go along with him…
Bend is mainly known for one thing among hikers: beer. Lots of beer. There are some 20 breweries in Bend. We managed to hit a few in the two days we were there but not nearly as many as we would have liked. Town days for hikers can be extremely stressful. There are so many errands to run: laundry, blog, resupply, email, bank, fix gear, clean gear, let gear dry, call family, call gear companies, organize mailings of other resupplies or new shoes, and a lot of other random things that need to be done while you have cell service and access to civilization. But all hikers really want to do is eat and relax. I can’t describe how exhausted we are all the time, mentally and physically. It’s hard to get everything done, and sometimes you don’t even feel like you’ve had a break at all. That said, we had a pretty great time in Bend that involved lots of beer, the most insane nachos I’ve ever had, and an amazing night of karaoke.
Leaving Bend, we passed the 2000 mile mark (which felt pretty anti-climatic) and continued our trek across Oregon, passing peak after peak… seeing them grow in the distance, standing next to them, then watching them recede into the horizon. Oregon really has a way of making you feel the distance you’re covering. We passed by the South Sister, Middle Sister, and North Sister, moved on past Broken Top, Mt. Washington, and Three Fingered Jack, then past the amazing Mt. Jefferson, and finally to Mt. Hood.
The section following Mt. Jefferson offered particularly mild terrain, and we decided to try for a 40-mile day – partly to make up for our unscheduled stop in Bend, but mostly just to see if we could. We were on the trail by 5am, had hiked 20 miles by lunch at 11:30am, and sure enough, had banged out 40 miles by 7:30pm. Had there been more daylight remaining, we might have tried for 50! Six months ago, I would have considered it insane to hike 40 miles in one day, but now it doesn’t seem all that difficult. It’s remarkable what your body can adapt to.
Following our big day, we were left with an easy 15-mile hike to Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood, where we stopped to pick up a resupply box and to gorge ourselves on their famous lunch buffet. It was pretty surreal to reach Mt. Hood. It holds a special place in Ashleigh’s heart, as she spent a lot of time there as a child, skiing in the winter. Hiking north from Mt. Hood, we also caught our first sight of the mountains in Washington that we’ll soon pass: Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier, the latter holding a special place in my heart as the peak that loomed over my hometown of Olympia. It feels like we are home.
On our final push through Oregon, we took the highly popular Eagle Creek Trail as an alternate to the PCT. Almost all thru hikers take this trail, as it passes a series of amazing waterfalls. This included Ramona Falls, Punch Bowl Falls, and the incredible Tunnel Falls, which the trail actually passes behind. From there, it was a short hike until we caught our first glimpse of the Columbia River, which separates Oregon from Washington. We hiked along it until we arrived in Cascade Locks below the Bridge of the Gods, where Ashleigh’s father met us with sandwich fixings and beer. We drove back to Vancouver, Washington (where Ashleigh grew up) for some much-needed down time. When we return to the trail, there will be only one more state to walk through, only 505 miles to go.
The morning we left Elk Lake, hikers crowded around a small fire to dry their wet gear and clothing.
Senor Verde hikes ahead of us toward the North Sister.
Left to Right: Bird-Dog, Leaky, Verde, Horny Toad, Moonshine, Shedder, Frosty, Goldilocks, and Weeds. The North Sister behind us.
Tent City! You can’t see it in this shot, but the Middle Sister framed our campsite.
Huge chunks of Obsidian were deposited all around a small section of the trail.
Obsidian in the rocks
Climbing the volcanic rocks toward McKenzie Pass
Our first look at Mt. Hood in the distance behind Mt. Jefferson
Shedder and his sign, hitching a ride to Bend
10 Barrel Brewery in Bend. Happiness.
Mile 2000!
Ashleigh sits and contemplates the gravity of our accomplishment.
Rhymenocerous at Three Fingered Jack
Camping under Mt. Jefferson
Hiking away from Mt. Jefferson and having lunch
Cuddles, Shedder, Goldilocks and Frosty!
The view of Mt. Jefferson from the wonderful Olallie Lake, where the staff were incredibly nice to us, and even made us cheeseburgers for dinner.
Ashe was pretty excited when we entered the Mt. Hood Forest.
Approaching Mt. Hood
Breakfast at Ramona Falls
Carefully crossing Muddy Creek
You can’t really see them, but behind me were Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and our first look at Mt. Rainier.
Ashe on the other side of the AMAZING Tunnel Falls
Tunnel Falls
Tunnel Falls…I need to shave.
Made it to Cascade Locks and the Washington border!! That’s the Bridge of the Gods behind us.
Trail Names: A Belated Story
We probably should have written this post 1000 miles ago, but better late than never, I suppose. Trail names are one of the most beloved traditions on long trails. Basically, every hiker receives a nickname early on in the hike. The names can be based on almost anything: a funny quirk about the person, something unique that they carry, a hiking style, a fashion style, something they eat, a funny event that happend to them, a physical attribute, a resemblance to a famous person or character, etc.
There are a few rules when it comes to receiving a trail name. Traditionally, the name must be bestowed upon you; you can not give yourself a name (although there are a few exceptions). You can reject some of the suggested names if they are unreasonable. A trail name is generally not considered official until you sign a trail register with it. And you shouldn’t try to change your name after a few hundred miles of going by that name. Some people never take a trail name for whatever reason, but it is all up to the person. As they say on the trail: hike your own hike.
Here is a short (but far from exhaustive) list of folks we have hiked with: Cuddles, Fun Size, Fuller, Uni-Croc and Scat Tracker, Peter Pan, Blur, Goodall, #2, Mr. Green, Manchurian, Hoop Dreams, Dish Cloth, Senor Verde, Shedder and Roo, Robin Hood, Shotput, Mudd and Dingo, Drop Bizkit, Acid Glasses, Nightcrawler, Toots McGoots and Tears for Beers, Pepper Flake, Wagon Wheel, Noah the Prophet, Hermes and Lotus, Grumpy, Stumbling Beef, Leaky, Sagi, Moonshine, Wakka Wakka and Giddy-Up, 2 Bad Dogs, Can Can and Square Peg, One Pint, K-Pax, Red Bearfield, Horny Toad, Sexy Legs, Bird-Dog, The Chosen One, Johnny Reb, Shorts, Whispers, Rhymenocerous, and many many more that I can’t think of right now.
I received my trail name back at the Paradise Valley Cafe, around mile 150. It was bestowed upon me by Fun Size. The full name is Frosty the Salt Man. It was inspired by the amount of salt that is left on my shirt after my sweat evaporates (which is a lot). It looks like I’m frosted over with salt. Fun Size began singing “Frosty the salt man…” And that’s how I got my name.
Ashe’s name came 550 miles later, at Kennedy Meadows. She had received many poor suggestions, which were roundly rejected by all, but she was determined to pick one up before leaving Kennedy Meadows. One afternoon, as we chatted with friends about our experiences in Southern California, Cuddles suggested the name Goldilocks, due to the fact that she had seen three bears in the desert, which is very rare for a hiker. It quickly evolved with a few iterations, including Glocks and G-Lox. And, just as our Seattle buddies often call us Mashleigh as a couple, we’ve come to be known as Frostylocks by some friends on the trail.
Trail names are a fun tradition, but they can also be really odd at times. You can hike with someone every day for hundreds of miles and suddenly realize that you don’t even know their real name! Many of the friends we’ve made this summer don’t know us as Mark and Ashleigh. Instead, in their memories, we will forever be Frosty and Goldilocks.
This entry was posted in PCT 2013 on August 25, 2013 by Mark Halverstadt.
Day 123, Mile 1959.1 – Lake-a-palooza
When we left the campground at Crater Lake, we hadn’t actually seen the lake yet. We had to resupply, shower, do laundry, and eat at the restaurant (three times) before we could hike the 5 miles up to the rim. After breakfast, we plodded up the steep trail to the Rim Village. There, we chugged a couple liters of water each, as there would be no on-trail water for 27 miles, which also meant carrying 4+ liters of heavy water with us down the trail. When we finally stepped out toward the rim of the crater, we were stunned by the beauty of the lake.
Crater Lake was a huge volcano that erupted around 7,700 years ago. It left a huge crater that eventually filled with snow melt and rain water, creating an amazing lake. There stands a gorgeous island near the west side of the lake called (awesomely) Wizard Island, which was created by volcanic activity after the volcano blew its top. The water in the lake is some of the bluest I have ever seen. It is ridiculously gorgeous, like something out of a fantasy.
It took us longer to hike the rim than expected, due to our need to stop every 50 yards to take photos and gape at the beauty. Eventually we left the rim with reluctance and hiked until dark in an effort to make up some miles.
On the third day out from Crater Lake, we left the official PCT and took the Oregon Skyline Trail alternate. We heard the OST was more scenic, had more water, less elevation gain, and was slightly shorter. We are not “purists,” meaning that we are okay with not walking every single step on the official PCT; we just want to walk a continuous footpath from Mexico to Canada (no skipping), which we have succeeded in doing so far. We stopped and swam in the beautiful Crescent Lake, then camped at the equally lovely Diamond View Lake, where we had a wonderful view of the sun setting over the Diamond Peaks. In the morning, we hiked to Shelter Cove Resort and had a pizza for breakfast before joining back up with the PCT.
We decided to do a lazy 19-mile day out of Shelter Cove and planned to make up for it with big miles the next day. From our campsite that night, it was 36.5 miles to Elk Lake Resort, our next resupply. Before bed, Shedder, Ashe, and I decided it was crazy to try for Elk Lake; we would sleep in a bit instead and just get close to the resort. But the next morning, we went back and forth trying to decide if we wanted to go for it. After 18 miles, we decided to do it. At mile 30, we learned that the restaurant at the resort would close at 7pm (not 8pm, as thought), so we pushed hard for the last 6.5 miles to arrive at 6:40pm. We had done 36.5 miles in 12 hours, the last 5.5 hours without a break through thunder storms. We ate up a burger and salad joyfully and exhausted. In an amazing act of kindness, the resort staff offered to let a dozen of us sleep out on the back porch so that we wouldn’t have to set up camp in the rain.
We’ve made it to Central Oregon and are heading into Bend soon for a quick break. Then we are off to Timberline Lodge and Mt. Hood. It feels like Oregon is flying by.
Our First view of the amazing Crater Lake.
Crater Lake. Wizard Island is on the left.
Shedder and I checking out the scene.
Ashe was impressed.
Wizard Island.
Shedder, Goldilocks, and Frosty!
Taking in our last views of the lake.
We really didn’t want to leave.
Thanks for the warning!
Mt. Thielsen.
The back side of Thielsen.
Won’t go any higher than this for the rest of the trip!
Old Man’s Beard Moss.
Diamond View Lake. One of our best campsites on the trail.
We were treated to an amazing sunset.
Ashe checking it out.
It was pretty amazing.
The fire pit at Shelter Cove.
Shelter Cove.
There is always time for a swim.
Day 117, Mile 1829.3 – The Laziest Oregon Days
We ended up taking two full zeros in Ashland. It was wonderful seeing my parents and sister. We spent the days wandering the town and eating… and eating… and eating. The town had a lot of charm and it was difficult to leave, but we eventually peeled ourselves away from the comforts of town life and hit the trail.
We weren’t particularly motivated after being spoiled by my family and only made it 16 miles up the trail before taking an unscheduled stop at Green Springs Inn about 2 miles off trail. The people there were ridiculously friendly. We sat down for dinner and enjoyed a free beer (on the house for PCT hikers). There happened to be a live band playing that night outside on the porch. It was wonderful – we stuffed ourselves with burgers, wound up with free slices of pie, and settled in for a night of free camping on their property.
Again, the next day, we were’t feeling super motivated. We got sucked into the Inn’s vortex while waiting for a hitch back to the trail and ended up staying ’till 10am to eat breakfast. We stopped at a lake mid-day and swam, hiked on, and felt like we were making good progress, but at the end of the day we had only made it 19 miles.
We managed to get an earlier start the next day but made yet another unscheduled stop at Fish Lake Resort, where again, the people were ridiculously nice to us. We stuffed ourselves with more food and reluctantly waddled on to avoid getting sucked into staying the night. We were determined to do some serious hiking that day and ended up going some 25 miles, the last 10 being furiously quick.
The hiking so far in Oregon has been incredibly nice. We had to hike over some volcanic rocks just north of Ashland, but over all, it’s been soft dirt and easy climbs and descents (if you can even call them that). Large pine and cedar woods have been shading us most of the way with cooler temperatures.
We’ve made it to Crater Lake and are eager to get up on the rim for some views. We promise our next post will have some pictures of the lake. Our next stop will be Bend, one of the beer capitals of the country… so apologies in advance if our next post is less coherent…
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The Evil Dead movie franchise is beloved by many for its over-the-top gore, deadite threats, and of course, the man sporting a chainsaw for a hand — Ash Williams played by Bruce Campbell.
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Unfortunately, this franchise hasn’t shown up a lot in the video game sector. The entry that many point to the most probably is Evil Dead: Regeneration, the hack and slasher that debuted back in 2005.
Then you had Ash appear in Dead by Daylight. It was a good addition to the survival-horror game, but still, many have waited anxiously to see Bruce Campbell return to the video game medium in a full fledged Evil Dead game.
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Ask and you shall receive. Evil Dead: The Game was just teased at The Game Awards 2020, and up above, you can see the official trailer announcement. We see our loveable hero Ash heading to the woods once again, back where it all started.
Only this time, he’s with a team of familiar faces — including what looks like Kelly from Ash vs. Evil Dead, played by Dana DeLorenzo. We then some actual sequences of gameplay, featuring a third-person perspective and some deadite-killing action.
This gameplay is just a peak behind the survival-horror curtain, but it paints a pretty picture for Evil Dead: The Game. The franchise hasn’t really been done justice up to this point, but this game looks to be following the lore and iconic Evil Dead elements perfectly.
It also looks like this game will be geared around co-op, where players can team up and take out deadite hordes that are scattered throughout the haunting woods featured in the trailer.
If you’re an Evil Dead fan, this announcement probably has you ecstatic to start ripping and shooting your way through demonic zombies left and right. The game doesn’t have an official release date, other than being targeted for 2021. Hopefully as we get into the new year, more details about this action co-op shooter come out because it has a lot of horror fans buzzing.
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It could give way to more Evil Dead games in the future, and possibly give developers the boldness to take on other horror franchises like maybe Nightmare on Elm Street. We already have Friday the 13th: The Game, so why not add to the growing list? It seems like a hot trend to jump on right now as there are so many passionate horror fans that love these scary movies dearly.
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Author: James Kelly | Updated: 11 Apr 2018 11:22
Audi has revealed the next-gen A6 Avant – a premium estate that’s designed to take on the latest 5 Series Touring and E-Class Estate.
Find more lease deals on the current A6 Avant
It joins the all-new A6 saloon that was revealed in full at the Geneva Motor Show in March – benefitting from the same sleek looks and tech-filled interior, but adding a practical 565-litre boot.
At the front, it mirrors the saloon’s styling with the same large, hexagonal grille. Thanks to those angular, LED headlights it looks very much like Audi’s new flagship A8 front on.
Round the back, it gets a swooping roof line and some very flat C-pillars – an unusual feature for an estate car. It’s certainly prominent enough to set it apart from its key rivals anyway.
There’ll be a selection of alloy wheels available ranging from 17in to 21in, and those looking to add a sporty touch will be able to spec S-Line trim, which adds a larger set of bumpers and lowers the ride height by 10mm.
With 565 litres of room, the boot is exactly the same size as the outgoing car. That means it’s still outdone by the 5 Series Touring (570 litres) and E-Class Estate (640 litres). However, all models feature a handy electrically controlled 40:20:40 folding rear seat.
Space increases are more noticeable in the rear of the cabin, where there’s more elbow and leg room. It was hard to find fault with the outgoing A6’s interior fixtures, quality has taken a significant step up in the new car, too.
It’s upfront where you’ll find the biggest change however, courtesy of Audi’s new MMI Touch Control infotainment system that combines an 8in touchscreen for media and entertainment and an 8.6in touchscreen that controls the climate settings.
The infotainment screen can also be specified as a 10.1in with the Navigation package. This will also add Audi’s clever Virtual Cockpit, which replaces traditional dials with a 12.3in display.
Other headline tech includes Audi’s latest self-driving driving system, which is in theory capable of Level 3 autonomy – although that’s not quite usable on UK roads just yet.
However, with five cameras, five radar detectors and 12 ultrasonic sensors, the A6 is more or less future-proofed for a few years as far as self-driving tech goes.
The engine line-up is set to match the saloons featuring three diesels and a petrol. All of them feature Audi’s new mild-hybrid tech as standard, which allows the car to ‘coast’ between 34 and 99mph. In real-world driving, this tech can save up to 4g/km of CO2.
The range kicks off with a 201bhp 2.0-litre turbo diesel. Next up is a larger 3.0-litre V6 diesel available in two states of tune – 228bhp and 286bhp. The range is topped off by a 3.0-litre V6 petrol that makes 335bhp, although smaller petrols are likely to join the range after launch.
It’s worth noting the new A6 uses Audi’s new engine naming structure too, which you can read more about here. No manual gearbox is available as all engines make use of Audi’s S-Tronic automatic transmissions.
Other options include dynamic all-wheel steering and a full air suspension. There’s no news regarding a sporting RS or off-road focused Allroad model yet, but you can be sure they will announced in the coming months.
Deliveries are set to commence in early summer – alongside the saloon. No list prices or lease rates have been revealed. If you can’t wait for the new model, check out these lease deals on the outgoing (but still excellent) A6 that will cost you less than £350 per month.
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Wikidata • Wikisource
1 Suggestions for WikiProjects to join
1.1 Community discussion
1.2 Voting – Suggestions for WikiProjects to join
2 Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report
2.2 Voting – Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report
Suggestions for WikiProjects to join
Problem: WikiProjects are small and often newcomers do not know about them. I think one could improve WikiProject participation by increasing the users of WikiProjects by suggesting WikiProjects for users.
Who would benefit: WikiProjects and newcomers
Proposed solution: WikiProjects basically equal domains of interest - if there are still sufficiently large domains of interest without a WikiProject, it should probably be created by someone or some group (or at least requested to be created). So my suggestion is:
When new users register on the site, they getting some suggestions for WikiProjects to join. Those first suggestions would be very general, suggestions of things many people are interested in. My suggestion would be 5-10 WikiProjects like WP Football, WP Novels, WP Internet, WP Harry Potter, WP {country of the user}, WP Economics, WP Plants and WP Film to get them started by picking at least one. Many websites have something similar; Reddit suggests some subreddits and Twitter some people to follow. There should also be a non-intrusively visible option to efficiently search for a topic of interest (completion-suggestion for cleartext search, way to search via a category system [w:Category:WikiProjects by area], not just the names of the WikiProjects but boxes with the WikiProject icon [proper icons should become mandatory for WikiProjects], ...)
Once they're editing their edits can be analyzed - the most basic analysis would be to count the WikiProjects on the respective edited pages, so later suggestions could be personalized to the user. (Note: the algorithm can be improved by considering extra info such as which edits caused someone to thank the user for it and how much text was added, etc.) Furthermore, as the WikiProjects they've joined have related WikiProjects, these can be used for the suggestions as well.
More comments: My full suggestion(s) can be found here: w:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_X/Archive_2#Improving_WikiProject_participation
Phabricator tickets:
Proposer: Fixuture (talk) 13:39, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
Translations: none yet
This is a good area to explore. I'm thinking we could have something like "Related pages", currently in beta on the English Wikipedia. Perhaps call it "Related WikiProjects", and they would display on a page if the user had edited that page before. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
The problem that WikiProjects are small and often newcomers do not know about them is correct. To help it, there are a few options.
First, I tend to mark new drafts and new pages with WikiProject tags using a rater script. I have a preliminary modified version of it for personal use, which opens the rater automatically after a page finishes loading, and moves to a next random page after I click 'save'. I feel that such marking of new pages with wikiproject tags early in the run helps to connect new page authors with wikiprojects. There is not so many people making new pages compared with editing, but the new pages authors might be a good group to target and invite to Wikiprojects as by writing something they already showed that they care for Wikipedia and are ready to spend more effort and time on it. These new articles, added to wikiprojects but unrated or rated as a low class (i.e. stub), show in the to-do for a wikiproject. A wikiproject member goes to rate them, potentially also copyediting the article and interacting with its (possibly newcomer) author.
From here, second point: I see it useful to encourage human collaboration of these WikiProjects members with newcomers. When combined with a human interaction, invitation of newcomers to WikiProjects would be most effective.
On a related note, two things.
I expect that inviting people to WikiProjects, if automatic, must NOT be a talk page template.
I would like the wikiproject info to not be exposed on article page. Articles are only about content.
To expose talk pages more, as a random note, I may propose to show "Did you know? This article is a part of Wikiproject(s) X, Y, Z. See the talk page for details" banners at the top in a random small number of cases. Other ideas are welcome.
Fixuture, please let me know what you think of these points and comment.
--Gryllida 23:22, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
@Gryllida:
First, I tend to mark new drafts and new pages with WikiProject tags using a rater script. I have a preliminary modified version of it for personal use, which opens the rater automatically after a page finishes loading, and moves to a next random page after I click 'save'. I feel that such marking of new pages with wikiproject tags early in the run helps to connect new page authors with wikiprojects
Indeed that's probably effective in letting newcomers (and people in general) know about WikiProjects relevant to them. However not really on the scale on which that's happening now - it needs more people doing that. And for that to happen I think we should think about ways to get people tag drafts & new pages with their appropriate WikiProject banners. Furthermore I think it's long overdue to have the rater gadget built into the main site - it's way too useful for being a gadget (that hence almost nobody knows about), I truly can't imagine using (viewing and tagging) WikiProject banners without that gadget anymore.
That modified rater version of yours is really cool! Now even if this wasn't your intention you should make people know about it (starting with w:User:Kephir/gadgets/rater & w:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council) and use it - it's of almost no use if there's just one person using it. And it is (could be) really helpful here.
I just found one issue with it: it needs an arrow to switch to the next draft without any changes to the current one.
Also I think it's a problem that it always open up the rater window: there should be a special button to click (/mode) or page to visit to use that script instead of it being in effect all the time.
Btw. once the above 2 problems are fixed it could be linked at w:Wikipedia:Community portal#Todo already.
These new articles, added to wikiprojects but unrated or rated as a low class (i.e. stub), show in the to-do for a wikiproject. A wikiproject member goes to rate them, potentially also copyediting the article and interacting with its (possibly newcomer) author.
That's also what I had in mind with the "Help with a draft"-tasktype at my full suggestion/s (ctrl+f for "Help with a draft" on that page). Getting people to rate new articles & drafts is the other side of the coin of course.
Agree on that! It should be a modern solution and not some hidden, clutterish, 1990s-style talk-page entry or anything alike. I was referring to how the invites should look with "not just the names of the WikiProjects but boxes with the WikiProject icon [proper icons should become mandatory for WikiProjects]" above. These tiles (or boxes) should be displayed at the landing page of a user after logging in.
To expose talk pages more, as a random note, I may propose to show "Did you know? This article is a part of Wikiproject(s) X, Y, Z. See the talk page for details" banners at the top in a random small number of cases.
Good idea. Maybe these could also show for all articles in a defined timespan - there could be a WikiProject day/week in which the WikiProjects of articles are visibly listed on the article page even for logged out users for instance.
--Fixuture (talk) 15:06, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
By thinking about it, I do not like the idea because it is a machine which gives advice, and not a real person who gives it. I prefer an opposite proposal : Improve WikiProject participation by suggesting users for WikiProjects. Thus, users in a WikiProjects could identify more easily the contributors potentially interested in a project, and write a personalised message to attract them. --Consulnico (talk) 17:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
@Consulnico: While I don't oppose the thrust of Fixuture's proposal, about a year ago, I and others were aiming for something along your lines here. If those active in WikiProjects could get a better handle on the degree of editing by particular editors in their subject area, they would better be able to decide who to invite to their WikiProjects using their existing invitation templates/approaches. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:18, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
@Consulnico: Why would that be a problem? WikiProjects finding users that might be interested in their project is the current (non-working) approach. That's not how it works for most websites and it's not working here. After all those "personalized messages" are just some templates which are posted (in the same way every time; and not as formal invite but a bitty talk page entry) on a user's talk page which is really 2000s-style and not suited for newcomers. But in spite of all of that it could still be done in addition to the suggested suggestions. --Fixuture (talk) 20:27, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Voting – Suggestions for WikiProjects to join
Support--Wesalius (talk) 08:21, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support There is some initial work on this via WikiProjectX in the WikiProject Directory, but the list of "engaged editors" and the tools to actually engage them, are not available yet-- could use a good layer of interactivity promotion (like the ability to identify who is a new editor to an area, or who is a new editor more generally). Sadads (talk) 15:06, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support the general thrust of this, especially if it includes the inverse proposition noted by Consulnico, Sadads and myself. We shouldn't just tell users about WikiProjects, but also tell WikiProjects about potential members. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:22, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support Csisc (talk) 11:07, 2 December 2016 (UTC).
Support the wub "?!" 13:29, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
Oppose People should get as little unwanted soliciting as possible, and there's already a lot of that across WMF sites Studmult (talk) 08:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Did not get a chance to read the details, but yes I agree, most editors know little about which wikiprojects are there for them to join. Ottawahitech (talk) 20:53, 5 December 2016 (UTC)please ping me
Support Icebob99 (talk) 19:04, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support JJBers (talk) 22:05, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support I'm part of a small WikiProject that might fail if we don't get more members. This would strongly impact us! UNSC Luke 1021 (talk) 16:09, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support--Moxy (talk) 20:36, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support This would be a great benefit to our wikiproject that has slipped into semi-activity. Deaddebate (talk) 22:17, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support TheDragonhunter (talk) 03:43, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support a great way to integrate new editors. --LT910001 (talk) 05:59, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Can't hurt :) --Piotrus (talk) 13:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support sounds good to me EvMsmile (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Miniapolis 21:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support - Bcharles (talk) 15:23, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --TanvirH (talk) 20:37, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support -- I really think the under-utilization of WikiProjects weakens Wikipedia overall, I'd love to seem them made more active communities for discussion of improving coverage. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 03:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Giorgos ab1234 (talk) 13:09, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Having more diversely populated wikiprojects might also help turn the tide of some many of them turning into WP:OWN cliques comprising a little faction of tagteamers. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 18:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support--David1010 (talk) 20:53, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Quiddity (talk) 09:50, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Casliber (talk) 11:32, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Support - DPdH (talk) 12:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Support--Mikheil Talk 21:34, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report
Problem: Until April of this year, Mr.Z-bot would automatically post a list of the top 500 (the default, configurable up to 1000) most popular pages for each WikiProject on English Wikipedia to a subpage of those projects (report example, configuration interface). In April, his bot stopped working and since the bot's operator Mr.Z-man has basically retired, it seems unlikely that he will revive it. Besides being totally broken, the other shortcomings of the bot are that it only counts desktop pageviews and it only runs on English Wikipedia. It would be great to have it count all pageviews (including mobile) and expand the bot to run on other wikis that use WikiProjects, like the French and Italian Wikipedias.
Who would benefit: WikiProject participants (It helps them know which articles are important to improve.)
Proposed solution: Since Mr.Z-bot's code is pretty old and a lot of the pageview technology has changed over the last few years, it would probably be best to rewrite the Popular Pages code from scratch and build a new bot for it (with the code hosted on GitHub).
More comments: It could probably utilize the new pageviews API to get its data, which should make it a lot simpler than the old version. And it could hopefully use PageAssessments to get the WikiProject associations.
Phabricator tickets: phabricator:T141154
Proposer: Kaldari (talk) 01:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
See also phab:T141010 where the analytics team is possibly offering similar data directly through the API MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 00:14, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
I have been greatly missing this bot. I hope Popular pages can be revived as soon as practicable. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:50, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
@Kaldari and Stevietheman: Letting you know this has been moved from the Bots and gadgets category. Thanks for participating!
I also would like to make note you can get the top most-viewed pages for a WikiProject via the Massviews tool, using the category for the WikiProject, such as Category:WikiProject Google articles. To run the query, browse to Massviews, enter you date range, etc., select "Category" as the source, and enter the full URL of the category in Massviews. You must also select the "Use subject page instead of talk page" option, since the category actually includes the talk pages. So for instance, here's all the pages in WikiProject Google, sorted by number of pageviews: [1]. It currently caps at 20,000 pages, so it can't handle every WikiProject, but you could run queries for certain classifications. E.g. try running a query for a category like Category:High-importance medicine articles. This is by no means a full solution to this wish, but hopefully it helps :) MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 18:29, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
Work is almost done. We have a new tool here that will calculate monthly pageviews for projects with less than 25,000 articles. It takes a couple of steps for larger projects. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
I use your pageviews tool all the time, I have tried massviews a few times, and I admire your work. However, here's why Mr.Z-man's Popular Pages is not easily surpassed:
Popular pages incorporated article assessment information (specifically class and importance)
Popular pages followed the "make the common case run fast" design principle. He picked a fixed reporting period (monthly) that 99.9% of users were happy with. This meant that he could generate reports once monthly in batch fashion and people could thereafter browse them more or less instantaneously. Your tools seem to have been designed to maximize flexibility (which is a noble goal, there's no doubt), but at the cost of having to wait several minutes for massviews in particular to generate something on the fly.
Popular pages followed the en:KISS principle--there was no need to copy-n-paste URLs or puzzle over the meaning of "use subject page instead of talk page"
-- DanielPenfield (talk) 08:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Voting – Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report
Support This is sorely missed. Throw some resources at this. It may not even take long to fix. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 03:16, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support--Shizhao (talk) 03:19, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support --Micru (talk) 16:10, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Support very strongly! Badly missed. Johnbod (talk) 04:33, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Support I'd love to use a more current list of popular pages to encourage professors to assign Wikipedia editing tasks to their students. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:55, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Support as the editor who opened the Phabricator ticket (my thoughts there) czar 01:06, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Support I like every kind of stats :) 4nn1l2 (talk) 13:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Support -- AdrianGamer (talk) 06:04, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Rschen7754 04:45, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Mark Schierbecker (talk) 07:12, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 10:59, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support if it is already implemented it should be easy to provide, otherwise it is sorely missing. Ottawahitech (talk) 12:44, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support This tool is a basic feature which greatly increases the usefulness of WikiProjects. It has been unstable or restricted in use for years. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Seems like a good idea, JJBers (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Cobblet (talk) 04:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Would love to see them back up and running again. John Carter (talk) 17:59, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Anastan (talk) 18:05, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support As per the others above, this has been/was a valuable tool. It was very useful to WikiProject Opera and we miss the updates. Voceditenore (talk) 18:13, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Informatics like this one are very helpful to Wikipedia projects. TeriEmbrey (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes, please. A very useful tool to gather information about popular pages and their current status on project level. GermanJoe (talk) 18:27, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support useful to find popular but underdeveloped articles of a project. Agathoclea (talk) 18:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support – I seriously want to know what webcomic-related pages are of high importance when it comes to pageviews, and am curious about developments in other fields as well. ~Mable (chat) 18:31, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Imzadi 1979 → 18:46, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes, this is helpful information. --RL0919 (talk) 19:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support I say any tool that helps us get the most proverbial bang for our contribution is welcome. InformationvsInjustice (talk) 20:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Epipelagic (talk) 20:52, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Badly missed Plantdrew (talk) 20:57, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support--McortNGHH (talk) 20:59, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Sounds useful. --Chickadee46 (talk) 22:28, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support missed. Keith D (talk) 22:49, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Strong support so much so that I even put a userbox on my user page professing how useful it is 2.5 years ago... Oncenawhile (talk) 23:11, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes please. Cloudz679 (talk) 00:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes, please! Allen (talk) 00:57, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes, I miss this informative service/feature. Reywas92 (talk) 02:04, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support This was useful when it was working; there were always a few popular articles that caught me by surprise. TheCatalyst31 (talk) 02:59, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Double sharp (talk) 04:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Much missed tool that was very useful for projects and portals. Espresso Addict (talk) 05:12, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Dani el Case (talk) 05:32, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Sounds very useful. Felsic2 (talk) 05:44, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support exceedingly useful --LT910001 (talk) 05:58, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support – This has been very useful for the WikiProject Opera in targetting articles for improvements (and for removing mis-applied project banners). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:14, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support plus design challenge: 1) Enable annual reports and 2) allow a higher maximum number of pages to include in the report (e.g., 10000 rather than 1000) and a higher default number of pages to include in the report (e.g., 1000 rather than 500). -- DanielPenfield (talk) 08:07, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Useful data. X24Delta (talk) 08:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Very much needed. Ciridae (talk) 09:26, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Yes, please! --Piotrus (talk) 13:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support A vital service, sorely needed.--Smerus (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Very useful JoJan (talk) 15:25, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Whats new? (talk) 22:48, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
Support — Gestrid (talk) 00:58, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support – I missed this useful service when it stopped working for WikiProject Devon back in April. DanielPenfield's three bullet points in Community discussion above neatly explain why the way that it worked was so useful. Smalljim (talk) 11:14, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Very useful!! EvMsmile (talk) 15:11, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Jokulhlaup (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Kalbbes (talk) 22:04, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Support OrsolyaVirág (talk) 11:58, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Jklamo (talk) 13:04, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support Kvng (talk) 13:25, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support This should be added to the Database reports or Special reports generated by the software. Reguyla (talk) 18:43, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --NaBUru38 (talk)
Support --Biochemistry&Love (talk) 02:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support --Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 04:05, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support This was definitely useful; would like to see it back, and more functional (e.g. distinguish between articles and their talk pages, etc.)
Support Knope7 (talk) 04:46, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
— SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 18:27, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Support SounderBruce 04:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Conditional Support Only if this tool will be multlilingual and available to all wikis — NickK (talk) 23:32, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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THE RED SHOES AND OTHER TALES
LOUIS GRAPHIC NOVELS
THE FIRST MEN ON MERCURY
EARLY COMICS
THE METAPHROG STORY
Stripped at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Stripped is here! A celebration of comics and graphic novels at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Over the years the festival has featured a number of graphic novel events, with guests including Neil Gaiman, Alan Grant and Bryan Talbot. We had the honour of participating in the festival a few times, doing sold-out comic workshops for children, and were also in conversation with Shaun Tan (you can read our guest blog about it for The Guardian here). This year the festival organisers were in touch with us and other industry insiders as advisers. We’re looking forward to events and are delighted to be contributing to the Stripped blog – look out for our exciting interviews and reviews! We’ll also be exhibiting at the mini comic fair, along with other Scottish independent comic creators, on August 24th and 25th.
The festival is dedicating a whole weekend to graphic novels with some 40 events. We’re particularly excited to see Chris Ware and Joe Sacco! Bryan and Mary Talbot return after their ground-breaking success winning one of the Costa Awards. Other exciting events include: Posy Simmonds; Hannah Berry in conversation with Neil Gaiman; Warren Pleece; Grant Morrison and Stephen Collins. Family events include workshops and talks with The Pheonix, Gary Northfield and Garen Ewing among many others. These are just a few highlights. You can view the full programme on the Stripped website.
The Stripped brochure itself looks amazing and captures the very feel of graphic novels: fresh, exciting and modern. It also includes a fantastic write-up by Paul Gravett about the medium: Why we love comics and graphic novels. Paul will be doing several events as an industry expert and enthusiast of over 30 years. Do not miss them if you get a chance!
Last Thursday we had the pleasure of attending the festival programme launch, and, as ever, the speeches were really passionate about literature. The festival has a reputation for being at the forefront of innovation, and the Stripped strand, as well as the graphic novel events of previous years, are testament to this. We took these pictures after the launch: behind the scenes with Janet Smyth and Nick Barley on a promotional shoot. EIBF is 30 this year!
Since our beginnings in the mid-nineties, we have seen graphic novels go from a niche interest to gradually getting mainstream acceptance. This is thanks to the dedication of many artists, writers, publishers, distributors, festival organisers, comic shop owners, the comic press, academics and comic lovers. We ourselves have always endeavoured to take comics out of any perceived ghetto, and our Louis graphic novels have indeed attracted a following and media interest outside of the comic industry as well as within. Most recently Louis – Night Salad was Highly Commended for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards.
Of course, the buzz about graphic novels has come and gone over the years. The eighties had the big three (Art Spiegleman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) and “comics grow up” headlines, but this was followed by a real slump in the nineties, when comics were seen as somewhat less fashionable. However, since then, graphic novels have gradually been building up a new wave of interest, and there are now tonnes of exciting books out there proving that graphic novels are a medium not to be ignored. Chris Ware winning The Guardian First Book Award, Bryan and Mary Talbot winning a Costa Award, and now this Stripped event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, are the result of what has been slowly brewing up for years.
We hope that the festival will continue to support comics for years to come.
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By Craig CalcaterraJun 8, 2016, 7:30 AM EDT
The Manny Machado–Yordano Ventura fight was all about two young men paying tribute to the late Muhammad Ali. Watch as Ventura misses with his first punch, which Machado dodges and then quickly counters. That’s classic Ali right there. The taller guy with the better reach luring his opponent into over committing while relying on his ability to evade and then, bam, hitting him with the counter. To be fair, Ali never gave an opponent a DDT like Machado kinda gave Ventura, but RIP, Ali all the same.
The secondary takeaway was Sal Perez and the empathy we should all have for him. Poor Sal. You can almost hear his inner monologue during this thing: “[Sigh] Yordano. Here we go again. So young. So talented. But that temper, oy!” Watching the video, I feel like a super determined Perez could’ve subdued Machadao as he headed toward the mound. I feel, however, that in this case Perez was like that father who realizes, well, sometimes his son needs to learn things the hard way. I mean, he’s had many, many opportunities to learn things more easily. It just didn’t take.
I don’t expect Ventura to learn much during his inevitable suspension. He seemed to hit the bigs fully formed as a pissed-off guy. Machado, meanwhile, will probably get several days off himself due to charging the mound. Maybe he’ll use them more productively. Anyway, here are the scores. Here are the highlights:
Pirates 3, Mets 1; Pirates 3, Mets 1: Both games of the double header were 3-1 Pirate wins. The Pirates had ten hits in each game. The Mets had five in one, four in the other. Neat.
Orioles 9, Royals 1: Come for the fight, stay for the continuing skid of the World Series champs. They’ve dropped six straight.
Tigers 3, Blue Jays 2: Ian Kinsler with a walkoff RBI single in the 10th. This after a two-run ninth inning rally in which he doubled in one run and scored on a subsequent Miguel Cabrera double. Kinsler is hitting .320/.371/.524 on the year and is on a 31-homer, 98 RBI pace. He’s hitting leadoff.
Reds 7, Cardinals 6: Another walkoff, via a Joey Votto homer, saving the Reds’ bullpen from even more ignominy after it blew a five-run lead. Again. Wait. What’s that? No, I stand corrected. There is still heaping helpings of ignominy for the Reds bullpen despite Votto’s homer.
Twins 6, Marlins 4: Another walkoff. This one featured Brian Dozier hitting a two-out, two-run home run in the 11th. Earlier Robbie Grossman hit a home run in the eighth to bring the Twins back from behind and force extras.
Padres 4, Braves 3: Yet another walkoff. Atlanta led 3-2 in the ninth but then Derek Norris tied the game with a leadoff home run and Wil Myers singled in the winning run
Dodgers 4, Rockies 3: Yet another walkoff, this a homer from Trayce Thompson. Also good news for the Dodgers: Jose Urias’ third start went better than his first two. He still only went four innings, requiring 86 pitches, but he only allowed one run and struck out seven.
Yankees 6, Angels 3: Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro homered for the second consecutive game. Beltran is on a 42-homer pace. His OBP and average are down but he’s still got those old man hurtin’ bombs.
Phillies 3, Cubs 2: Ryan Howard hit a homer. I feel like he’s going to be DFA’d soon either way. Maybe let him go out with a nice memory?
Rangers 4, Astros 3: Someone ask Ken Giles if the Rangers are better than the Astros yet. Maybe it takes more than eight straight wins. Maybe it’s a best of 17 situation and Houston plans on rallying now.
Nationals 10, White Sox 5: Bryce Harper drove in three runs and Anthony Rendon homered as the Nats win their sixth of eight. I mentioned the Royals skidding, but the White Sox’ skid has been something to behold. They started out 23-10. Since then they’ve gone 6-19 and they’re sitting in fourth place, looking up at everyone except the lowly Twins. That talk of a North Side-South Side World Series seems like it was 100 years ago.
Brewers 5, Athletics 4: Zach Davies took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, issued a one-out walk to Jed Lowrie, then watched Billy Butler drill a two-out, two-run home run to center field. Oh well. Milwaukee held on anyway.
Diamondbacks 5, Rays 0: Zack Greinke‘s early season struggles continue to be an ever-fading memory. Here he tossed a three-hit shutout, needing only 104 pitches to do it. He’s now 8-3 with a 3.84 ERA.
Mariners 7, Indians 1: A bad day at the office for Cody Anderson, who was lit up for six runs on seven hits in three and two-thirds. Nelson Cruz socked two homers, one off of Mr. Anderson. That came early but was, eventually, the sound of inevitability. The sound of his death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.
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REVIEW – BlackBerry Storm 9530 Smartphone from Telus Mobility
What do you get when you cross the push email goodness of a BlackBerry with the touchscreen appeal of the iPhone? Research in Motion seems to have an answer to that rhetorical question in the form of the BlackBerry Storm. Shown here as the Storm 9530 from Telus Mobility, it’s the first touchscreen-equipped BlackBerry from RIM. Not surprisingly, it comes with its fair share of first generation woes, but it does usher in a new era for the world of CrackBerries.
Before we get down to the review itself, perhaps it would be apt to take a quick look at the features and specifications on this hot new smartphone. Be sure to check out the BlackBerry Storm unboxing video that I did last week if you want to see some first impressions and take a gander at what’s included with the phone.
Although the Storm 9530 is sold through CDMA-touting Telus Mobility in Canada, it’s actually a dual mode phone. While in your local area, the Storm will latch onto the Telus CDMA/EVDO network for all of your calling, texting, and data needs. If you find yourself outside of the country, you can pop a foreign SIM card in the back to gain access to GSM connectivity. Strangely, there is no Wi-Fi to be found, but you do get GPS and stereo Bluetooth.
Other features include the 3.25-inch HVGA “clicking” touchscreen display, microSD expansion slot, 624 MHz processor, 3.15 megapixel camera with flash and video, media player, 3.5mm audio jack, and the usual suite of BlackBerry apps, including push email and the Browser.
Using the On-Screen Keyboard
Unlike every other BlackBerry that came before it, the BlackBerry Storm 9530 does not have a physical keyboard at all. Instead, it completely relies on that clicking touchscreen. When you touch the touchscreen, it only highlights the item you touch. For example, touching an application icon will show you what app it is but will not load the program itself. To load the program, you “click” the screen inwards, almost giving the feel of a real button.
The same can be said about the on-screen virtual keyboard. While held in portrait mode, the keyboard shows up as either SureType or as a standard numeric keypad. For people upgrading from a Pearl, this is probably the more familiar experience. Turn the phone over to landscape mode, however, and you get a QWERTY keyboard. The cool thing is if you place your thumb on a “key”, it gets highlighted. This way, you can see if you are making mistakes before you make them, but this really slows down the typing.
In fact, I found that typing on the Storm quickly became an exercise in frustration. It could be because I very much prefer physical keyboards (though some say virtual keyboards are the wave of the future), but the touchscreen just wasn’t responsive enough. The tactile response of the clicking screen was nice, but the screen either has too much travel or it doesn’t click back up fast enough. A faster response or less travel may alleviate this issue, but it won’t fix my typos, particularly for web addresses and form entries.
Navigating Menus and the Internet
Some BlackBerry enthusiasts will load Opera Mini onto the Storm as soon as they get it, many others will continue to rely on the preloaded Browser. In either case, the online experience is pretty similar.
Scrolling through webpages with a swipe of the finger (like the iPhone) is a very gratifying experience, but the “clicking” of links was much more challenging. It was very inaccurate and would not register my clicks. I had to zoom in considerably before I achieved any acceptable level of accuracy and responsiveness.
The on-screen keyboard would appear at the right times, but there did not appear to be any quick-key or hot-kay to make it disappear. A simple hardware button (or on-screen equivalent) for this purpose would have been greatly appreciated. Perhaps the “mute” button at the top of the phone could have been used for this.
Trying to Be All Things to All People
The BlackBerry Storm 9530, shown here in its Telus Mobility guise but available through Bell and Verizon as well, really is trying to be all things to all people.
On the one hand, it’s trying to be hip and stylish to entice iPhone users to convert to the way of the Berry, but the interface is not nearly as sleek and intuitive as its Cupertino counterpart. On the other hand, diehard BlackBerry users may find the touchscreen to be more trouble than it is worth. The increased real estate is nice, but the virtual keyboard doesn’t cut the fast-firing ways of email junkies.
Research in Motion took a bold step (no pun intended) in creating the Storm. The clicking touchscreen is probably the best tactile feedback system I’ve seen to date. Vibration and sound just aren’t the same as a tactile click. That said, the Storm still needs some serious UI tweaks and an improved keyboard response in some way. It’ll add some bulk, but perhaps a BlackBerry Storm Slider could be the best solution for all parties involved. For now, I can’t recommend the Storm.
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by: Rowan Baylis [ MERLIN ]
While the DH.2 may not be as famous as the later SE.5a and Camel, it ranks alongside them in importance in being the first true British fighter aircraft. Introduced at the height of the "Fokker Scourge", at a time when Britain was yet to develop an effective interrupter gear, the pusher-engined DH.2 quickly proved superior to the enemy Eindeckers which had hitherto been able to prey almost at will on the relatively defenseless RFC reconnaissance aircraft.
With its rear-mounted rotary engine and fitted with ailerons (as against the Fokker's wing-warping) the DH.2 proved far more maneuverable than the German fighter, and effectively gained air superiority until it was, in turn, outclassed by the arrival of Albatros and Halberstadt fighters. The nose-mounted Lewis gun was originally intended to be moved in flight between flexible mounts, but this proved impractical and the gun was fixed centrally, allowing the pilot to "aim the aircraft" in the now-classic style.
By mid-1917, the increasingly obsolescent DH.2 had been replaced on the Western Front, but still remained in service in the Middle East for some time, and continued to be used as an advanced trainer well into 1918. Altogether, around 450 DH.2 were manufactured, but none survived the end of the war.
Arriving in one of Wingnut Wings' tough and stylish top-opening boxes, all the contents are sealed in separate bags for protection in transit. The kit comprises:
160 x medium grey styrene parts (24 of which are unused)
5 x clear styrene parts (1 not needed)
6 x etched brass parts
A comprehensive 22-page instructions/reference booklet
Decals for 5 x colour schemes
The moulding is superb throughout, with no flash or sink marks evident on the review sample. Ejector pin marks in the cockpit have been a slight issue in some earlier releases, but this time they've kept out of sight as far as possible - there are just two that may be visible on each half of the nacelle, tucked down beside the seat, so it'll be worth spending a moment filling them to be on the safe side.
It's worth mentioning that a number of the parts have true-to-scale delicacy, and the price to be paid for the moulding excellence is some reasonably substantial sprue attachments, so I would seriously recommend anyone who doesn't already own a fine razor saw to consider buying one before starting work on this kit.
The surface finish is fantastic, with crisply engraved lines and raised details, lacing and subtle wrinkling (inside and out) across the fabric panels on the nacelle, plus a drum-tight fabric effect on the flying surfaces with subtle rib tapes and stitching.
An airframe of this nature doesn't lend itself to much by way of a dry-fit, but a quick check of the nacelle and lower wing is very encouraging. There's only a single locating pin on the nacelle - and, ironically, I'd be tempted to remove it anyway to avoid a faint step on the nose - but everything lines up very neatly. Interior side frames sit firmly on the floor, which clips solidly in place to form the base of the nacelle. The fuel tank cover slots on precisely, and there's a choice of front cowls depending on the armament arrangement.
Both upper and lower wings are moulded full-span, simplifying construction, and are perfectly straight with nice thin trailing edges. The nacelle sits firmly on the front spar of the lower wing, with supporting ledges at the roots, providing a very solid foundation for the rest of the build. The tail booms are beautifully moulded, with the vertical struts in situ and angled to the air-flow, with tiny rigging attachments at their bases. The booms attach to suitably solid locating points on the wings, so the assembly should be good and sturdy when complete.
The cockpit interior is very nicely detailed without being overly complex. There are approximately 20 parts, depending on the armament option you choose. Among the highlights for me are the beautifully delicate control column and the wicker effect on the seat, which runs right round, inside and out. The seat also features a nice wrinkled look to the separate cushion, and has an etched brass lap-belts. There's a choice of 3 instrument panel arrangements - each with pin-sharp decals (printed by Cartograf) for the faces of the dials. As far as I can see, any excess carrier film is minimal to non-existent, so application should be simplicity itself.
Not quite so simple will be removing the moulded-on exterior fabric inspection panels for one of the colour schemes - and a hatch on the fuel tank cover which is clearly meant for a late-production version still to be released. You'll need to work carefully to avoid damaging surrounding detail.
WNW offer a dual-purpose set of engine mouldings which double as a 17-part Gnome 100hp Monosoupape or the German licence-built Oberursel U1. The position of the spark plugs differed between the two engines, and as a small compromise the plastic parts include both, so you need to remove the German-style ones for teh DH.2. Luckily these are on the reverse side of the engine and will be largely hidden by the wings if you prefer not to spend too much time on the fiddly task of restoring the delicately moulded cooling fins on the cylinders.
Turning to the wings, the interplane struts fit very positively into deep locating holes, and the locators themselves are neatly designed so you can only fit the struts the correct way up. With the DH.2 being a 2-bay biplane, there's no way you could really make assembly suitable for absolute beginners, but WNW's approach ensures it's about as straightforward as possible without unacceptable compromises in accuracy. There are more options on offer with different pitot tube styles, and then two types of gravity tank on the upper wing.
Fitting the undercarriage completes what can be described as the first half of the kit's assembly, as WNW recommend rigging the wings at this stage. The undercarriage offers both open and streamlined axles, plus standard and "inside out" wheel mountings, and looks nice and solid, with good-sized locators to for a simple, sturdy assembly. The wheels are very nicely done, with a separate hub that features a nice taught spoked effect and reveal tyre air nozzles inside, while the Palmer Cord Aero tyres themselves have the maker's details in raised lettering.
Assuming you do pause now to tackle the rigging, the instructions include excellent colour-coded diagrams to show not only the location and diameter of each wire, but also the cross-section (round or streamlined).
Returning to the main assembly, it's time to fit the tail booms, fin and rudder, and horizontal tail. The rudder is fixed, while the elevators and ailerons are separate parts. Before rigging the tail assembly, you can take a moment to fit a choice of 2- or 4-bladed propellers. Once again, there's a colour-coded diagram for the rigging, with RAF or round section wire used in places, depending on the colour scheme chosen.
Final assembly returns to the cockpit with the fitting of the Lewis gun on either central or side mounts, and external ammunition stowage. Depending on how confident you are of not knocking the delicate rigging, it might be advisable to add some of these parts earlier on.
WNW's instructions have really set the standard in terms of presentation, and those for the DH.2 are no exception. Beautiful to look at with their "vintage" style, they include colour-shaded exploded diagrams, numerous reference photos, and written (English) notes for many points. Suggested colours are keyed to every detail, and Tamiya, Humbrol and Misterkit matches are provided, so you should have no trouble finding suitable paints wherever you live.
The kit includes an impressive decal sheet with markings for no less than 5 aircraft:
A. DH.2 5929, DM Tidmarsh (MC), A flight, 24 Sqn, April 1916 (7 victories)
B. DH.2 6000, SE Cowan (MC & 2 bars), A flight, 24 Sqn, July 1916 (7 victories)
C. DH.2 7849, HJ Payn, AC Bolton & N Brearley, A Flight, 29 Sqn, September 1916
D. DH.2 7907, LP Aizlewood (MC), B flight, 32 Sqn, September 1916 (6 victories)
E. DH.2 A2540, N Middlebrook, A flight, 24 Sqn, October 1916
The schemes offer plenty of painting options, with clear-doped linen, PC8 and PC10 flying surfaces, a variety of finishes on the nacelle, plus some attractive squadron marking.
As noted earlier, the decals are custom-printed by Cartograf and are quite superb, as usual from this manufacturer. The thin, glossy items show perfect register and have virtually no excess carrier film. Colour density looks excellent, and there's a choice of fade blue and ultramarine national insignia. The distinctive white saw-tooth pattern on the underside of the 24 Sqn. machines' nacelle is provided as a decal, and the sheet also includes a good selection of stencil markings.
We've rather come to take it for granted that each new WNW release is going to be pretty stunning - it's just a question of how stunning. Well, the DH.2 certainly doesn't disappoint. It's packed with detail yet, thanks to well thought out design and excellent instructions, even relative newcomers to WW1-era models should be able to tackle the construction. Of course, the rigging is another matter, and that is complex enough to present even seasoned veterans a welcome challenge. But, wow, will it be worth the effort! So, how best to sum up the kit? Oh yes... stunning! Unreservedly recommended.
Highs: Superb moulding and fantastic detail throughout. Excellent instructions and decals.
Lows: A few delicate modifications required for this version, so care will be needed to avoid damaging surrounding detail.
Verdict: The DH.2 underlines WNW's hard to rival reputation for largescale WW1 aircraft kits, combining great detail and accuracy with excellent design for an enjoyable build.
Suggested Retail: $65
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This one looks very tasty! Thank You for posting Rowan! Mikael
Kornbeef
Having just this afternoon collected my Duellist box from Parcelfarce I have to concur with everything you said about the moulding and breakdown of the kit. Of course my options of what I can do are limited with the duellist kit but that maybe a good thing for me. I wanted the Fokker, but once the box was opened and my sweaty fingers got to the plastic.. well... nuff said Excellent review Merlin Keith
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Nice review Rowan! My kit arrived today, and I was struck by how small the DH.2 is compared to other models. Not knowing much about it, I guess I expected the DH.2 to be similar in size to the F2.b I almost thought it was 1/48 scale for a second! However, since it was a fighter, it's size makes sense Doug
Here is an errata sheet from WNW on this kit.
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Halberstadt CLII World War 1 Fighter
Halberstadt CL II
Kit No.: 136
Series: "Famous Fighters"
Aurora Halberstadt CL.II
Aurora’s Halberstadt CL II [sic] was the seventeenth model of Aurora's 20 "Famous Fighters" 1/48 World War One aircraft. It was released in 1960 with Fokker D-VIII, kit 135. (Curiously, although the Sopwith Tripe was released three years later, it was originally numbered 100.)
In 1972 Aurora reworked some of the molds by adding fabric texture and removing raised insignia and data markings for subsidiary K&B as K&B 'Collectors Series.' Usually when model makers add "Collector" to a model it equals a junky kit at triple the price. Not K&B! These were packed in large square boxes with detailed art, and the square box held the beloved vacuformed diorama base!
In 1959 Aurora released two more 1/48 World War I ‘Famous Fighter’ aircraft kits. The first was number 135-69, the Fokker D-VIII ‘Flying Razor.’ The second kit, and the subject of this review, was the Halberstadt CLII, #136-98. As with all Aurora kits of this period, the logo is oval with the sunburst in the center background and the words ‘Famous Fighters’ written in the oval boarder. Jo Kotula, who took over for Jim Cox in about 1957, did the box artwork. The parts were molded in black and gray plastic.
The kit proved successful, as were the vast majority of the WWI series. When Aurora was associated with Parent’s Magazine, the box top had their seal of approval. The model inside remained identical. The artwork remains dated 1959, but this issue may have extended into 1960.
The third issue still had the same part number but had the new Aurora logo. This issue is likely from 1960/61 up to 1963 or ’64. The ‘Famous Fighters’ was removed from the boarder but the sunburst remains. There were no changes inside except for the updated logo on the instructions. It is not unusual to find this kit with old logo instructions. Aurora never wasted much and would use up the old instructions before putting the new ones into circulation.
The fourth issue, #136-130 looked identical inside and out except for the new price extension on the kit number. Retailers had been pressuring kit manufacturers to eliminate the price extension or raise prices; Aurora (USA) decided to first increase prices then eventually eliminated the extensions completely. This issue probably dates from 1963/64.
In 1972 Aurora reissued this kit again under subsidiary K&B in the “Collector’s Series.” The original painting is by the renowned artist John Amendola, who did most of Aurora’s art in the late 1960s and 1970s. For this kit, the molds remained the same except the ground base was dropped, the two ground figures were retained, a vacuform “Battle Terrain Display Base” was added, as were new decals for the aircraft on the box top. The parts are molded in bright red and black, with the terrain base in tan; please note that other base colors have bases have been reported. The sides of the box states that there are “detailed painting and rigging instructions” but they simply reference the box top artwork and John Amendola’s historical notes on the instructions.
In 1972 this kit was also released in Canada under the Aurora label only. The kit number is 1136-260. The only difference internally is the Aurora Products Canada Ltd. instructions in both English and French.
This kit was marketed in other countries as well. One such issue is from the Netherlands. The true release date is not known, but may be from the mid to late 1960s. The kit number is 136. The kit was marketed through Europe and has instructions in German, Dutch, French, Italian and Swedish. Oddly, it has the old style logo from the 1950s.* (For images of the many styles of box art for this model, please see View This Item under the summary area, below.
Aurora researchers state that when Aurora bailed out of the model business and sold the molds to Monogram in 1977, the Halberstadt was one of the kits damaged beyond salvage in the infamous train wreck.
The only other injection molded 1/48 Halberstadt CL.II kits I know of are the acclaimed Blue Max – now Freightdog Models – model and one by Mirage. Regardless, a quick spin around the net shows that this model can be built into a beauty!
In the hanger
This review is of an original 1960 model in a ‘long box’ dramatically decorated by the great artist Jo Kotula. While Aurora changed their logo, box design or decoration many times, I haven’t found a box with art different from this one until the K&B issue. To the chagrin of retailers Aurora, like many model makers then and now, printed their suggested retail price 98₵ on the box.
Inside are instructions, decals, and 42 parts injection molded in two colors, black and gray. One piece is an identification button imprinted with “HALBERSTADT CL-II GERMANY.” Molding is good with some flash, mold seam lines, a few sink holes and, typical of the era, some visible ejector marks. Too many are on the top of the bottom wings and wing struts. The worst sinks I found are on the bottom of the nose where the male/female fuselage attachments are molded. Struts and piping and trailing edges are too thick. Figure detail is soft, as though one passed them over a flame to round off the edges. The pilot has a nasty sink hole while the others have ejector circles. The pilot is seated, the observer is leaning from his station reaching for something, that something being orders in the hand of a reaching orderly. Aurora included a base with molded chocks to pose the model and figures upon.
Test fitting reveals fair fit. Filler will be necessary along the fuselage and empennage. Where the cabanes and interstruts mate into the airframe will also require care.
As was the fashion of the era, sadly all insignia and data are molded onto the airframe. Removing it is a horrible exercise at best even on flat surfaces! Happily, by this time Aurora mold makers showed more finesse and the raised detail is not a chunky.
Accuracy? Aurora was one of – if not the - first to make models to a standard size. This quarter-scale model scales closely. With a top wing span of 36 feet 5 inches their CL.II is too wide by 17 inches. I measured the fuselage from spinner to elevator trailing edge at 23 feet 9 inches, almost perfect.
Walk-around
A 160 hp Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water cooled inline engine assembled with seven parts including the radiator pipe. Its detail is a suggestion, lacking valve rockers, valve rocker shafts and pins – all very prominent.
The 7.92mm Spandau LMG 08/15 and Parabellum MG14 machine guns would be unrecognizable if you didn’t know what they were supposed to be. A scarf ring is provided for the Parabellum.
The cockpit is token: floor, seat, a slightly detailed instrument panel. The pilot blocks seeing any of it.
Surface detail includes raised lines representing access hatches, control horns, and control wire ports. A flush radiator and fuel tank adorns the top wing. There are several small parts for crash cages and other details.
Molded data on the fuselage includes weight and dimensional data as well as the aircraft type and serial data: Halb. CL.II 6438/18. Aurora also molded rough ground with chocks into the display base.
Instructions, decals, paint guide
Aurora did a good job with the instructions, the large sheet segmented into seven assembly sequences for the 42 parts. It has a photo of the finished kit on the back. Aurora advertised their own brand of paints, glues, available kits, and other promotions on the sheet. All parts are identified. Painting guidance for eight colors is shown on the photo of the finished model.
Decals include eight Balkenkreuz, green and white striped Schlachtstaffelen tail marking, aircraft number “5”, fuselage stripes, and the fuselage serial Halb. CL.II 6438/18 like the identical raised markings on the fuselage. No dimensional data decals are provided.
Another great trip to memory-drome! Even today this kit is sought for building and collecting. Some collectors enjoy building the kit as they did in the 1960s - straight from the box. Those who wish to build it to current standards will find it ripe for detailing and in need of serious surface sanding. One can buy several accurate modern kits for the price of one of these. No doubt you can make a respectable model with it, as evidenced by the many examples online. However, I would only buy and build one for nostalgia.
Our Thanks to Old Model Kits! This item was provided by OMK for the purpose of having it reviewed on Aeroscale.
Our thanks also to Aeroscale's own Stephen T. Lawson [JACKFLASH] for the four built photos!
History of the Halberstadt CL II (Using Aurora punctuation and spelling)
In the late autumn of 1917, the Halberstadt CL II made an appearance on the Western Front. This two-seat fighter reconnaissance plane was powered by a 180 H. P. Mercedes motor. The main spars and ribs of the wings were spruce, internally and externally wire-braced with a plywood leading edge. The fuselage was a wooden structure with center section struts of steel tubing. Both the fuselage and wings were fabric covered. A wooden frame-work made up the tail unit, fabric and plywood covered. The undercarriage consisted of rigid wooden 'vees' with rubber cord shock absorbers.
A fair sized plane, the Halberstadt CL II had an upper wing-span slightly over 35 feet while the length was just under 35 feet. The normal loaded weight was 2,532 Lbs. with an additional weapon load of some 550 Lbs. Performance was good with a speed of nearly 100 m. p. h. at 10,000 feet. Rate of climb progressed with 5,000 feet in just over 9 minutes; 10,000 feet in 24 minutes; 14,000 feet in 52 minutes. 13,500 feet was the service ceiling.
The armament included an external rack on the side of the fuselage for hand grenades when ground strafing. The observer had a single movable Parabellum machine-gun on a ring-mounting and the pilot used a synchronized Spandau machine-gun mounted in the fairing above the fuselage. The Halberstadt CL II saw service with squadrons in the 2nd, 4th, 17th, and 18th armies.
The British Infantry near Perrone in September of 1917 had physical contact against these two-seat fighters when the planes attacked with contact bombs and hand grenades. A specialty of the Halberstadt CL II was 'contour fighting' or close ground attack following the con-tour of the trenches of the enemy.
Although not exceptional in high altitude performance, the Halberstadt had extremely good manoeuvrability when under 1,000 feet. This gave the ability to dodge ground fire, and with the thin steel plate fitted along the bottom of the fuselage for protection against ack-ack fire, the Halberstadt was formidable in ground-strafing.
This German fighter closely resembled a single-seat scout. The pilot and observer shared a communal cockpit giving instant recognition in observation and gunnery. The pilot had a wide range of visibility whereas the observer was furnished with a clear firing field. An unusual feature in a two seat plane was the one-piece elevator of the Halberstadt which give excellent longitudinal balance. Approaching from the air, the Haiberstadt could move quickly and surely, creating havoc in the enemy lines. - Aurora
* Alan Bussie. Aurora Halberstadt CL.II Kit Review and History. Oldmodelkits.com. November 22, 2013.
Related Link: Aurora models at Old Model Kits
Cheers Fred I love these blasts from the past! I have to admit, the favourite part for me is the old adverts - Ohh, please, someone invent a time machine and I'd be back there snapping up everything! Not to translate into cash nowadays, but simply because that's modelling as I still remember it! The sheer excitement of seeing what was new in the model shop (no Internet heads ups - it REALLY was new!) And if it was from the USA and you snapped it up (i.e. for me in Bromley, Kent, UK) - you were probably the ONLY kid in school to have one! Keep 'em coming! All the best Rowan
Awww Halberstadt.... I had one buried for years, made and painted. I found and bought an original kit. $50, but worth it. Only because I love the plane and the mission it flew. the only thing that upset me with the kit was the observer not in a combat position. Still do. I have the D-VIII as well $5 bargin (the box was bad). Captn Tommy
Thanks Gents! I'd love to build this model! Yeah, the Halberstadt looks to me like a plucky banty rooster, tail high spoiling for a fight. A racy airframe that I think looks better than most Allied single-seaters! | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line1062 |
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California — Griffith Park , Los Angeles County
Discovering Griffith Park
Casey Schreiner
One of our 16 Ways to See the Hollywood Sign
The Bronson Caves are one of the most off-beat, interesting, and unique attractions inside Griffith Park — and they also happen to be one of the easiest to access AND a pretty solid place to get a view of the Hollywood Sign, too. What’s not to like?
This particular route is a simple out-and-back, but if you’re in the mood for more of a hike — or maybe some more views of the Hollywood Sign — I’d recommend hiking up to the Hollyridge Trail, Tyrolean Tank, or behind the Sign and up to the summit of Mount Lee itself.
Park at the small trailhead parking lot at the end of Brush Canyon or along the street further down the canyon near the playgrounds and walk north. You’ll reach a gate where the paved road winds up into the nearby ridges to Camp Hollywoodland. The Brush Canyon Trail heads north into the park. You’re going to look for an old road grade on the east side of the road that bends back toward the south.
The Bronson Caves were formed by the Union Rock Company, which operated a quarry here from 1903 through the late 1920s until the increased pressure from new residents forced the company to stop trucking rocks through Hollywood. The quarry’s scars in the landscape are still visible as these sort of strange, unnatural amphitheaters (and, of course, the caves), and are especially clear when you view the region from above or on Google Earth. The area was originally named Brush Canyon, but became known as Bronson Canyon for the street in the nearby neighborhood.
You can walk through the cave if you’re not claustrophobic. It’s very short, just be sure to stomp around a bit in case any rattlesnakes are taking a nap in there.
These caves are probably most recognizable from the 60’s Batman series, but they’ve also been used in a lot of movies, too, including films like Army of Darkness and The Searchers, one of my personal favorites.
From the other side of the caves, you’ll get a pretty solid view of the Hollywood Sign in the distance with some nice Griffith Park topography in front of it. It’s one of the nicer spots to see the Hollywood Sign, one of the easiest to get to, and also oddly one of the least crowded, too.
Enjoy your time at the Bronson Caves and return back to the trailhead the way you came in.
If you want a fuller day on the trail, consider hiking up to the Hollyridge Viewpoint or to the summit of Mount Lee.
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Short and sweet. This is a very easy to follow fire road from the trailhead to the Bronson Caves.
The trailhead begins at the end of Canyon Drive at the end of Brush (commonly called Bronson) Canyon. From the Gower exit of the 101, head north to Franklin Avenue and head east for five short blocks. Turn left on Canyon Drive (past the Gelson's market) and follow until the road ends. There is a small dirt lot and a moderate amount of street parking further down the canyon. Note: Griffith Park closes access gates for cars and pedestrians at sunset.
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“Squawk like an Egyptian” (Man-made cancer)
A popular myth in anti-doctor and anti-pharmaceutical circles is that cancer is man-made. The idea is that the disease either didn’t exist or existed very rarely thousands of years ago, but has increased exponentially due to persons being bombarded with artificial toxins. Even more tenuous proclamations blame GMOs, vaccines, WiFi, or whatever other entity one wishes to demonize.
The idea of man-made cancer stems primarily from a study by professors Rosalie David and Michael Zimmerman. The researchers examined nearly 1,000 mummies and found just one who had developed cancer. The professors therefore concluded that the disease is of recent origin. They went so far as to claim that cancer is “limited to societies that are affected by modern lifestyle issues, such as tobacco use and pollution resulting from industrialization.” Officials from the University of Manchester lauded the study in a press release that stated, “Finding only one case of the disease in the investigation of hundreds of Egyptian mummies, along with few references to cancer in ancient literary evidence, proves that cancer was extremely rare in antiquity.”
It’s true that the cancer rate in ancient Egypt, as well as in Rome and Greece, was much less than it is today. But that’s because cancer is predominantly a senior disease. According to Dr. Lesley Walker of Cancer Research UK, 75 percent of cancer hits persons 60 or over, a demographic that includes just 18 of the population. In men, 90 percent of cancers occur in those over 50. If the average lifespan were to hit 125, virtually all men making this milestone would develop prostate cancer, but this would be due to drastically longer lives, not because a futuristic nefarious agent will have perfected a way to commit microbial misdeeds. Conversely, in times and societies where hitting 50 was as noteworthy as making 100 today, it would be expected for cancer to be rare.
The David-Zimmerman study said that besides environmental factors, lifestyle also has an impact. It’s true that lifestyles make a difference in the likelihood of developing cancer. Smoking, drinking, overeating, forgoing sunscreen, and being sedentary all make cancer more likely. But these are choices, meaning persons can do something to positively impact them. Cancers that would result from these activities are the result of poor decisions are not evidence of society being awash in a carcinogenic wave. True, there are some pesticides and industrial solvents that could can cause cancer with prolonged, concentrated exposure, but these are responsible for a tiny fraction of the disease, and steps can be taken to reduce the risk, such as the exposed person wearing protective equipment.
The authors are correct that pursuing a more active lifestyle and eating a balanced diet can help stave off cancer. And their point about cancer being rare 3,000 years ago is true, though this was accompanied with a correlation-causation error that blamed industrial developments, not increased lifespans, for the disease’s surge.
So at this point, we have one truth and one probably unintentional misuse of numbers. But they jumped the analytical shark with an absurd claim that would delight Gwyneth Paltrow, the Food Babe, and Doctor Oz. David wrote, “There is nothing in the natural environment that can cause cancer.” The (literally) most glaring error here is failing to consider the sun. Ultraviolet radiation, after all, is the number one cause of skin cancer.
Going to much smaller examples of nature, carcinogens exist in bacteria and viruses. These infectious agents are responsible for up to 25 percent of cancers, including the human papillomavirus. And one of main reasons stomach cancers are less prevalent than 100 years ago is because of refrigeration and improved living conditions.
Then there’s radon, a natural product of granite. In gas form, it is responsible for about 10 percent of lung cancers. Additionally, there are chemicals found naturally in foods and produced by molds or plants that can cause cancer. Even soot and smoke from fire contain carcinogens that could result in cancer with prolonged exposure.
But at least David and Zimmerman conducted original research and submitted their findings for peer review. We will now transition to those unencumbered by scientific protocol. These types attribute cancer to whatever modern development they find most intolerable.
Some anti-GMO types point out that genetic modification has been going on for about 30 years and cancers have gone up over time, so, voilà. Even a rudimentary critical thinker would recognize this as the post hoc fallacy, where because one event comes before another, a connection is assumed without offering evidence and without considering other possible causes.
A seemingly more reasonable position is to blame GMOs for cancer because of reports that both bacillus thuringiensis (which is incorporated into insect-resistant plants during genetic modification) and glyphosate (a herbicide used on some GM crops) will, when applied to cells in a petri dish, cause some cells to experience abnormal growth. But University of Florida horticulturist Dr. Kevin Folta noted that cells in a petri dish behave differently than cells in a human body, and he added there is zero evidence consumption of GM foods would cause the change that cells in a petri dish undergo.
Another alarmist camp blames WiFi for cancer. But WiFi operates in the microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and the risk of cancer only begins at the high end of ultraviolet light. A similar slander targets cell phones and accuses them of causing brain cancer. However, the ubiquitous nature of these devices and the lack of corresponding brain cancer pandemic show this to be an unfounded fear.
Smart meters are another modern development forced to stand in a police lineup of suspected carcinogenic agents. This is based on the misuse of a fact, specifically that ionizing radiation can break the bond that holds molecules together and possibly have carcinogenic results. But this danger does not extend to low-frequency fields, which is where smart meters operate.
And what pseudoscientific scaremongering would be complete without pinning unwarranted blame on vaccines? The horribly-misnamed website Truth About Cancer notes that most vaccine inserts contain the phrase, “This vaccine has not been evaluated for its carcinogenic potential.”
The website then issues an alarm about today’s vaccine schedule being thrice as long as what it was 40 years ago, leaving out that there are 95 percent fewer antigens injected now than then. It then joints the post hoc parade with, “Coinciding with the ever-increasing vaccine schedule are soaring rates of chronic illness in children, including cancer, which has skyrocketed and is now the leading cause of death by disease in children past infancy.” Yes, especially now that no babies in the West are dying from polio or smallpox.
The website next rails against formaldehyde without mentioning that the compound occurs naturally in the human body in greater amounts than what vaccines contain. Finally it recommends avoiding vaccines altogether in favor of eating fruits and vegetables, getting enough rest, sunshine, and exercise. There’s nothing wrong with doing all that and also getting vaccinated. I do love my bananas, sleep, 70 degree days, and time on the treadmill. But my joy from those pursuits would be greatly curtailed if I indulged in them while enduring Whooping Cough.
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Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice – one he’d make again – he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he’s forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And… gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden.
Fighting the budding attraction for his new partner, he stresses his way through an escalating nightmare. How can he be so infatuated with a trouble-magnet female who drives like a granny and isn’t able to hide her sensitive reactions when on the job?
Agent Kathleen Edwards does a lot of things her new partner dislikes, but what’s a girl to do when a man ties her in knots and turns her into a chatterbox. Working to uncover the mystery of who kidnapped the Senator’s daughter, and where they’re holding her, continuous conflicts arise.
Struggling alongside an attractive realist whose high morals make him someone to live up to, Kayti’s heart doesn’t stand a chance.
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Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Unions
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Youth Friendly Services
Maternal Mortality Prevention
Compassionate Delivery
Specialized Services for Gender Based Violence
2017 – 31%
Deficient 0 - 40%
Limited 41 - 55%
Needs improvement 56 - 70%
Good 71 - 90%
Very good 91 - 100%
Accountability Mechanisms
Evaluation details
Priority measures
Does your country have an Access to Public Information Act?
Does this law apply to regional and/or local governments?
Ley N°41-83 de la salud pública
Codigo Penal Cubano
Are there formal legal mechanisms to request information in electronic form?
What percentage of the information was found through government websites/Access to Public Information?
Does your government have a specific accountability mechanism regarding the Montevideo Consensus?
Chapter B: Rights, needs, responsibilities and requirements of girls, boys, adolescents and youth
B.9 Percentage of children, adolescents and young people who have information and knowledge about sexual and reproductive topics adequate for their respective ages.
B.10 Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group (SDG indicator 3.7.2). Specific fertility rate for the 20 to 24 and 25 to 29 age groups (to cover the reference of the priority measure measured by this indicator).
B.15 Percentage of satisfied demand for emergency contraception among women aged under 30 years.
B.16 Percentage of adolescent mothers with two or more children.
Anuario Demografico 2016
Anuario Estadistico de Salud 2016
Reporte ODM Cuba 2010
B.9 | Disagregation Levels:
B.10 | Disagregation Levels:
Chapter D: Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services
D.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations (SDG adapted indicator 3.3.1)
D.2 Percentage of primary health care points offering comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and inputs to save lives (Operational Guide indicator 37.6).
D.3 Indicator for monitoring eradication of the epidemic: (i) Percentage of persons living with HIV; (ii) Percentage of persons with HIV who are receiving treatment; (iii) Percentage of persons undergoing HIV treatment who succeed in suppressing the viral load (Operational Guide indicator 38.1).
D.4 Percentage of primary care centres that have implemented updated protocols, interculturally focused and relevant to different ages, on sexual and reproductive health care for men.
D.5 Percentage of men who are aware of the basic elements of prevention and self-care for their sexual and reproductive health (Operational Guide indicator 41.3).
D.6 Rate of use of contraceptive methods, by method (modern or traditional) (Operational Guide indicator 44.2).
D.7 Percentage of sexually active women who report satisfied demand for methods to postpone pregnancy or to space out or limit the number of children (Operational Guide indicator 44.3) .
D.8 Maternal mortality ratio disaggregated by cause (SDG indicator 3.1.1)
D.9 Percentage of health centres (including primary care establishments) that have implemented updated maternal care protocols (Operational Guide indicator 40.5).
D.10 Number of hospitalizations resulting from complications arising after abortion, by age group (Operational Guide indicator 42.2).
D.12 Percentage of health centres (including primary care establishments) that have medications for abortion and trained personnel and materials for carrying out safe abortions and providing post-abortion care (Operational Guide indicator 42.6).
D.13 Percentage of infertile or subfertile couples and individuals receiving assisted fertility treatments (Operational Guide indicator 43.3).
D.1 | Disagregation Levels:
D.12 | Disagregation Levels:
Encuesta de indicadores de prevencion
Chapter E: Gender Equality
E.12 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age (SDG indicator 5.2.1)
E.13 Number (and percentage) of reported cases of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity that are resolved through formal redress mechanisms (Operational Guide indicator 36.3)
Informe de Cuba sobre la Prevención y Enfrentamiento a la Trata de Personas y la Protección a las víctimas 2017
E.12 | Disagregation Levels:
Encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples por Conglomerados 2014
Is there a specific budget assigned to...?
Prevention and treatment of HIV / AIDS
Reduction of Maternal Mortality
Ley del presupuesto del estado 2018
Las instituciones oficiales con mandato para enfrentar la violencia en todas sus categorías se nutren del presupuesto del Estado
Informe de balance CENESEX 2017
Pág 175. Ejecución del Presupuesto
Within the budget, specific resources are allocated to (either in health or any other programs):
SRH Services for young people
Purchase of contraceptive methods
SRH staff training
SRH staff (it might be budget for gynecological / obstetrical staff)
SRH outreach campaigns
Sexuality Education
Programa Nacional de Atención Materno Infantil 1999
Plan Estratégico Nacional para la Prevención y Control de las ITS VIH SIDA, 2014-2018
Programa del médico y la enfermera de la familia
PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE SALUD PARA LA ATENCIÓN INTEGRAL EN LA ADOLESCENCIA.
Resolucion 139/2011 sobre la Educación Sexual
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Priority Measure 107
Guarantee the effective participation of civil society and social movements in the implementation, oversight and appraisal of the Cairo Programme of Action beyond 2014, incorporating the measures agreed upon herein
Ensure sufficient financial resources and the mobilization of international cooperation resources for Latin America and the Caribbean, in order to expedite the implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action beyond 2014 and the measures agreed upon herein, putting in place at the same time clear and effective transparency and accountability mechanisms
Generate regional and national machineries to oversee the fulfilment of this regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014 and ensure its accountability
Recognize also that effective governance is based on accountability, broad participation, transparency and the rule of law, and that strengthening national and local governments is key to achieving the goals development, peace and security
Mira que te Miro | December 2017
Participating Organizations
Mira que te Miro is a regional social monitoring initiative of the sexual and reproductive health and rights commitments adopted in the Montevideo Consensus by the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in 2013 in Uruguay. This historic regional agreement by the United Nations System, recognizes sexual rights as human rights by proposing actions that guarantee the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health for the entire population, without discrimination.
Mira que te Miro, is a civil society led effort to strengthen accountability, transparency, and access to information on policies, programs and services, that demonstrate concrete actions towards meetings the commitments assumed in Montevideo. For Latin America and the Caribbean, this new agenda represents the projection of the commitments made in the ICPD Program of Action in Cairo in 1994 and in its subsequent review processes.
Mira que te miro monitors, analyzes, and compares national and regional LEGISLATION; POLICY AND STRATEGIES; PROGRAMS AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION in the following components included in the Montevideo Consensus:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECULARISM
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ACCOUNTABILITY.
Eight regional networks, two universities and over seventy civil society organizations have participated in the construction of Mira que Te Miro and its implementation:
The networks that make up this regional initiative are: the International Planned Parenthood Federation - Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF WHR); the Latin American Caribbean Women's Health Network (RSMLAC), the Latin American Network of Catholics for a Free Choice, Plan International, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM), International Community of Women Living with HIV-Latin America (ICW-Latina), and Vecinas Feministas.
Mira que te Miro’s goals are:
1. Strengthen accountability, through monitoring compliance with the commitments directly related to sexual and reproductive health and rights made by governments in the Montevideo Consensus.
2. Strengthen transparency and access to information, and function as a repository of data (laws, policies, programs, protocols) linked to SRH.
3. Consolidate and strengthen the capacity of civil society to advocate for the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus, due to stronger knowledge of how to seek information and greater information on the regulatory frameworks and the SRH commitments assumed by governments.
4. Strengthen spaces for dialogue between civil society organizations and governments, with a proactive framework of collaboration, to advance the implementation of the Consensus.
METHODOLOGY, DATA COLLECTION AND QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORK
Mira que te Miro's partner organizations have designed and implemented social monitoring with the objective of improving accountability and promoting the fulfillment of the sexual and reproductive health and rights commitments assumed in the Montevideo Consensus (CDM). The methodology uses the commitments of the Consensus as a basis for analysis of progress, emphasizing the steps necessary to achieve the commitments it establishes. In this initiative, social monitoring is understood as the participatory evaluation by civil society of government policies and programs to ensure that the government fulfills its commitments and implements appropriate policies and programs. This tool implies a second step of national advocacy so that, based on the findings, partner organizations work actively with decision makers and in this way promote the necessary actions to fulfill these commitments.
During 2015, regional partners, in collaboration with a group of experts on sexual and reproductive health and rights, developed a series of social monitoring tools. A pilot test was conducted in Mexico and Uruguay during June to August 2015, by Inciativas Sanitarias and Women and Health (MYSU) in Uruguay, and MEXFAM and Catholic For the Right to Decide-Mexico in Mexico. The pilot program provided important details on how to improve the tool, methodology, and data collection prior to launching the initiative at the regional level at the end of 2016.
The Social monitoring exercise was divided into two phases: (1) desk review in collaboration with two law schools, Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the University of the West Indes in Trinidad and Tobago, and (2) monitoring work implemented by civil society in the participating countries.
Phase 1: In collaboration with the Torcuato Di Tella University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and the University of the West Indes in Trinidad and Tobago, law students taking part in a human rights course under the direction of a law professor, conducted an initial review of national legislation and policies. Law students completed the social monitoring questionnaires using primary information sources, limiting their sources to official government documents, revising the Constitution, National Laws, Policies and Protocols and other documents published by the government and its entities.
Phase 2: National partners reviewed and validated the information prepared in the desk review stage and completed the rest of the questionnaire with public information and information provided by public authorities. In many cases, organizations obtained primary information using requests for public information and interviews with key stakeholders in relevant ministries, and in others they had to turn to other experts with knowledge of the issues being monitored.
QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORK
Mira que te Miro uses the commitments in sexual and reproductive health and rights of the Montevideo Consensus and the state-of-the-art technical standards as a basis for qualitative analysis, emphasizing the necessary steps for the implementation and fulfillment of the commitments established in the Consensus.
From the critical analysis of the qualitative criteria established in the areas of evaluation, quantitative values were assigned based on a common scheme in all countries, to generate the general aggregated percentages and of each component and sub-component.
1. Components and sub-components
The different tools used seek to diagnose the level of compliance with the commitments assumed in the Montevideo Consensus related to sexual and reproductive rights and health. Mira que te Miro monitors, analyzes, and compares national and regional LEGISLATION; POLICY AND STRATEGIES; PROGRAMS AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION in the following components included in the Montevideo Consensus:
Comprehensive Sexuality Education in schools
Access so sexual and reproductive health services
Dedicated services to victims of gender and sexual violence
Access to youth friendly SRH services
Maternal health and compassionate delivery
Prevention of maternal Mortality
For each sub-component we reviewed, legislation, policies and strategies, and programs and statistical information, seeking information on the existence of an adequate legal and policy framework.
Analysis of the legal framework to assess the level of recognition of sexual and reproductive rights and the presence or absence of legal limitations or barriers that impede the enjoyment of rights and access to services.
Existence and content of official public policies and strategies related to each topic.
Existence of relevant programs.
Existence of training efforts for service providers.
Existence and content of relevant guidelines and protocols.
Existence of a system to register complaints or report abuses and/or evaluate services.
Existence of focused and specific budgets.
Campaigns and information dissemination mechanisms.
Analysis of the legal framework to assess transparency and access to information.
Existence of figures and statistics for monitoring and decision-making based on empirical information.
Existence of an accountability mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus.
For the sub-component of Secularism, we used the index and methodology of Secularism proposed by Roberto J. Blancarte (Center for Sociological Studies of the Colegio de México (COLMEX)) and others. His methodology analyzes the incorporation of secularism in the country’s normative frameworks. It also looks at how this relates to the recognition of sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls in the region.
For the section on comprehensive sexuality education curricula, we use data generated by UNESCO. These data were generated by UNESCO, applying the Sexuality Education Curriculum Review and Evaluation Tool for Latin America and the Caribbean (SECRAT-LAC) to each country's curriculum.
2. Calculation of overall percentage of progress by country
In order to determine the "overall percentage of progress" in meeting the CDM commitments (PGA), a summation calculation was made of the evaluation components and subcomponents. The set of components and subcomponents total 100 points, this being the maximum possible score. To determine the value of each component or subcomponent, we assign points to each according to the number of mentions in the Montevideo Consensus. Topics such as youth friendly services, safe abortion, or HIV that have two priority actions with specific, related commitments have a score of 10 points. While issues such as humanized childbirth, which are only mentioned in a priority measure in conjunction with commitments related to another subject, has a lower weight. To achieve a 100 percent PGA, a country needs to meet the criteria for all components and subcomponents.
Color scheme for valuation of country, components and subcomponents and sections.
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__label__cc | 0.514358 | 0.485642 | Leticia Obeid
Dobles is a work of documentary research carried out by Leticia Obeid during a residency in Mexico City in 2011. Her decision to enter the world of Mexican sound dubbing arose from a personal interest, almost at an emotional level, in the voices that had inhabited the cartoons of her childhood: dislocated images that had crossed long distances and information barriers to reach her home.
In Argentina—as in almost all Latin American countries—the cartoons and other audiovisual productions shown on free to view television channels were, until recently, dubbed in Mexico. Latin American children grew up accustomed to two different ways of speaking Spanish: two accents, two sets of vocabulary, two mindsets.
The dual visual and aural experience of meeting the physical owners of these voices opens up a whole field of phenomenological speculation for Obeid. “Getting inside the cartoon character” [meterse al mono] is the expression the voice actors use to indicate the moment at which they inhabit the character, feel it from within—“animate” it. The expression suggests bringing to life something inanimate, or a form of ventriloquism, the possibility of occupying a body with a different voice, or—from another point of view—clothing a particular voice with a body. Despite the evidence expressed in the interviews, at an emotional level the cartoon continues to demand that particular voice, and the visual primacy it holds over the childhood experience makes it almost impossible not to respond to this demand.
Through an exploration of the political and economic history of the profession of dubbing in Mexico, Doubles expands on the initial question in order to reveal a space of conflict where all the tensions brought about by globalization enter into play: the struggle between small and large, the strategies used to overcome cultural barriers, the emergence of new codes of communication resulting from the speed of electronic media, the more or less explicit resistances to different forms of imperialism, as well as the cultural blending, influence and changes in form that progressively, and irreversibly, affect the content.
Artist / Leticia Obeid (Cordoba, Argentina, 1975)
Curators / Muna Cann, Alejandra Labastida
Translation: Fionn Petch, Celorio Morayta, servicio especializado de idiomas
Authors : Alejandra Labastida, Leticia Obeid
Language : Spanish & English
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__label__wiki | 0.82948 | 0.82948 | Montreal e-commerce business shipping backyard ice rinks across the country
Christine Long CTV News Montreal Entertainment Reporter
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Published Saturday, November 21, 2020 1:31PM EST Last Updated Saturday, November 21, 2020 2:29PM EST
A TMR company is working overtime to fill orders for DIY backyard ice rinks. SOURCE: Ice N' Go/Facebook
MONTREAL -- With restrictions in place on team sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, some people are setting up backyard skating rinks and a Town of Mont-Royal (TMR) company is working overtime to send DIY rink kits across the country.
Ice N' Go is a Montreal-area e-commerce company selling do-it-yourself backyard rinks including figure skating style rinks or the more robust hockey kit with boards.
"It's a different rush because I'm working for myself now," said co-owner Michael Schwar.
Schwar and Blair Robertson are going into overtime to fill a 200 per cent increase in sales since the novel coronavirus pandemic began.
"Ordered so far, we had 1,100 on Sunday, 200 more since then the backlog is tremendous," said Schwar. "It's happy, it's good work, and we work until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning here. Santa's workshop getting the kits out for the kids."
The three-year-old company is powered by a small team of hockey fans with a love of the game.
"We stay late cranking orders," said Robertson. "We understand they have nothing else to do, and we want them to have that winter success and get the kids engaged doing something other than sitting indoors."
Installation of a DIY kit takes about two hours. The yard needs to be level, and the buyer needs to supply the lumber for the boards.
The company owners see it as an investment in family time.
"Trying to find ways to keep them entertained especially through the winter months because there's nothing for them to do but sit on their iPads and video games," said Robertson.
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Scheduling: The 2016 Barcelona test 2
February 11, 2016 February 29, 2016 David NelsonLeave a comment
The final opportunity for the Formula 1 teams and drivers to test their machinery before the Australian Grand Prix takes place at the beginning of March with the second Barcelona test.
The Sky Sports F1 schedule is currently the same as the first Barcelona test so no surprises, but nevertheless below are all the scheduling details you need. Everything is Sky Sports F1 unless stated:
Tuesday 1st March
21:00 to 21:30 – Day 1 Highlights
– round-up at 21:00
– Ted’s Notebook at 21:15
Wednesday 2nd March
20:30 to 21:00 – Day 1 Highlights (R)
Thursday 3rd March
21:00 to 22:00 – Pre-Season Testing (BBC Radio 5 Live)
If anything changes, I will update the schedule above.
Update on February 21st – BBC are doing a 5 Live special on Thursday 3rd March, so I’ve amended the above schedule and title.
Update on Febrary 27th – Minor Sky change, Ted’s Notebook on Day 1 is 15 minutes long. However, BBC’s 5 Live special has been dropped from the schedules. It is not in their schedule for 3rd March, so it looks like plans have changed on that front. In its place is a 5 Live programme looking at the state of British tennis.
Update on February 29th – We can breathe again, 5 Live’s special is back in the schedule. Jennie Gow presents the show alongside guests to be confirmed.
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Contesting Views: The Visual Economy of France and Algeria by Edward Welch, Joseph McGonagle (review)
Edwige Tamalet Talbayev
Volume 55, Number 1, Spring 2015
10.1353/esp.2015.0008
Contesting Views: The Visual Economy of France and Algeria by Edward Welch, Joseph McGonagle
Edward Welch and Joseph McGonagle. Contesting Views: The Visual Economy of France and Algeria. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2013. Pp. viii+ 236. 70£.
The book joins a broad corpus of critical works exploring the intricate transnational, transhistorical relationship uniting the two imbricated, if antagonistic, spaces of France and Algeria. What it brings to the debate is a fresh focus on what the authors call, in an echo of Deborah Poole’s phrase, its “visual economy,” a perspective “bound up in processes of ‘production, circulation, consumption and production of images’” (7). From its eye-catching opening juxtaposing the French media coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of the Évian Accords with the Merah killings to reveal the blind spots and obsessions marring France’s perception of its colonial legacy, the book consistently strives to highlight the ways in which visual culture in its broadest sense “shapes understanding of the Franco-Algerian relationship and of France’s Algerian past” (6).
The book comprises two parts addressing respectively the visualization of French colonial Algeria and the Algerian war (mostly from a French perspective) and contemporary representations of that history, with a focus on their spatial configurations. The first chapter deftly investigates the corpus of pied-noir photo books in terms of their narrative staging of nostalgic perspectives of French Algeria. A second chapter probes the role of the photographic image in the historiography of the Algerian war, an approach that chapter three applies to the specific case of October 17, 1961. The last two chapters emphasize the spatial performance of the Franco-Algerian relationship. Chapter three discusses the critical purview of the Mediterranean sea, envisioned both as a liminal space where identities are rewritten and as a physical barrier, whereas chapter four identifies the visual tropes underlying contemporary depictions of national space.
Shedding light on the evocative power of the image as “a diverse and contested site” across contexts, the authors’ longitudinal approach provides a thorough and pointed overview of the visual cultures of the Franco-Algerian dyad. Replete with insight, this compelling volume will be a valuable resource for all students of the history and culture of France and Algeria, while the limpid yet pithy prose makes it accessible to all levels of specialization.
Given these many strengths, the reader can only deplore that the authors did not better circumscribe the scope of action of the transnational concept they reclaim. This is particularly true of the chapter on the Mediterranean. Whereas the sea’s power to dissolve rigid identities is rightly underlined, the argument limits the transnational nature of the region to a binary geography centered on France and Algeria. Despite a passing mention of the hybridity of darja, this theorization overlooks the potential of a fully deployed Mediterranean within which Algeria can forge transversal connections to third spaces, cutting across postcolonial patterns of dominance and enacting the kind of far-reaching subversion that the book’s argument promotes. But this only marginally detracts from the book’s overall value, whose in-depth, nuanced analysis makes it an essential, must-read contribution.
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When Disaster Strikes: On the Apocalyptic Tone of Hip Hop
Ford III James Edward
Volume 3, Number 3, September 2018
10.1353/asa.2018.0041
When Disaster Strikes:On the Apocalyptic Tone of Hip Hop
Ford III James Edward (bio)
"They say Armageddon been in effect. But let me tell you how this business began."—Reginald Dwayne Betts, "The Countdown to Armageddon"1
A pocalypticism refers to discourses on the end of time, the end of a world, or the end of the world. Any study of apocalypticism must examine when such an end will occur, and what that timing says about its adherents and their perception of the world they inhabit. I begin this essay with three recent considerations of how 1990s hip-hop in the United States marks the end of the world. In his landmark 1993 essay "We Know What Time It Is," GEORGE LIPSITZ analyzes the Black and Brown cultural movements following the L.A. Rebellion and other revolts across the United States in the 1990s. Such rebellions, in LIPSITZ'S view, lashed back against the United States majority's racist reaction to the civil rights movement, its unjust redistribution of wealth away from working Americans to the elite classes, its purposeful shrinking of the public sphere through privatization in order to limit access to political institutions, and its punitive policies toward youth, especially youth of color. LIPSITZ calls [End Page 595] these effects "apocalypse on the installment plan."2 In the chapter "From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse" from In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion (2017), ALEJANDRO NAVA offers the most thorough extension of LIPSITZ'S claim. For NAVA, apocalypticism emerges when prophecy fails. Just as Revelation's symbolism in the New Testament can be productively framed as the response of a "small, colonized group of people [that] is subjected to an infernal authority," so can hip-hop's aesthetics be framed as with America rejecting the prophecies and persecuting the prophets of the civil rights and Black Power movements.3 When NAVA writes of hip-hop lyricists "drawing from a deep well of rage and rebellion" against "persecution, violent murder, and exile," he also agrees with a wide array of scholarship, dating back to TRICIA ROSE'S Black Noise, that frames those lyricists as prophets of rage.4 Taken together, LIPSITZ'S phrase and NAVA'S elaboration of apocalypse urge scholars to reevaluate how hip-hop generations have artistically engaged with discourses of the end.
Despite their brilliant interventions, Lipsitz and Nava have yet to match poet Reginald Dwayne Betts's fascinating statement in his volume Bastards of the Reagan Era (2014): "They say/Armageddon been in effect. But let/Me tell you how this business began."5 Betts offers a first-person account of the punitive turn of the 1980s and 1990s, in which criminal penalties established by the Reagan Administration, alongside his economic and other political policies, attempted to punish away the nation's most pressing problems.6 Betts's poetic lines provide a heuristic for my response to Lipsitz's and Nava's arguments. I argue that an alternative temporality characterizes apocalypticism in 1990s hip-hop. In contrast to mainstream discourses that associate apocalypse with a future event that can be staved off by listening to the warning of prophets, 1990s hip-hop testifies to an apocalypse that is already here and still arriving. While the mainstream approach makes the privileged [End Page 596] subjects of American Empire the protagonists of its story, 1990s hip-hop highlights those who are victimized by America's imperial pursuits—those whom Betts calls the literal and figurative bastards of the era, those whose "energy was youth" but they were "all dead all dead all dead all dead/Already, lost and this is a voyage from/Death to death, from godforsaken cell/To godforsaken cell …" When Betts concludes the titular poem of his volume with a section called "Prophets of Rage," his work converges with the scholarship stretching from Nava back to Rose. However, I argue that this alternative apocalypticism transforms prophecy's function and turns hip-hop lyricists into more than prophets of rage; while rage is a most appropriate complement to any critical assessment of American imperialism's violence, it is the courage and joy that hip-hop lyricism cultivates that... | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line1087 |
__label__cc | 0.510865 | 0.489135 | Playing The Strokes - Heart in a Cage intro - what's the best technique?
I'm trying to play the intro to The Strokes - Heart in a Cage. Valensi uses quite a bit of drive in it so it's very difficult to get clean notes at that speed. I use two fingers of my left hand to press and release strings in a way that when I strum the string I want, I kind of mute the string that was strummed just before so I don't get a buzz. This, however, seems to be quite difficult to do at a high tempo, so I was wondering if there are other techniques to achieve this.
Link to song on youtube Heart in a Cage
technique electric-guitar
eagerMooseeagerMoose
Work on your double stop technique. Double stops are 2 note fragments of chords that are either played together or arpeggiated.
That's a very simple intro that sounds hard. It just takes practice.
He's sliding around with 2 note and maybe 3 note chord fragments in a few places.
Check out this link or this link for some basic info. You can also do a simple google search and turn up a bunch or material.
Note that a lot of people consider this a country music thing. Its not, but there are tons of examples/lessons out there that teach it in a country context so don't ignore it. Vince Gill is a damn good guitar player and double stops are a big part of his playing.
edit: Also note that some people call them multi-stops when there are more than 2 notes involved.
JimRJimR
The tab for this song is available at ultimateguitar.com as well. – InternalConspiracy Mar 26 '11 at 0:34
I'm not sure if we're on the same page here, double stop is something like a two note chord, which is nowhere near what's played in the intro of this song, Valensi is alternate picking two strings, one at a time. – Anonymous Mar 26 '11 at 21:50
@eagerMoose: Double stops are 2 note fragments of chords that are either played together or arpeggiated. Did you look at any of the links? – Anonymous Mar 28 '11 at 17:53
@JimR are you suggesting that I keep the two frets pressed all the time and keep strumming back and forth? Because if so, that's exactly what's producing a buzzing and unclean sound in this particular song, due to the drive being used. – Anonymous Mar 29 '11 at 8:15
@eagerMoose: I suggested you look at the links because the song you've linked has a combination of double stops, muting and sliding. If you work on those 3 things and get more accurate the speed will come. Start with the basics, play it slow and speed up as you can and you will eventually get it. Also, in the interest of being more clear... Here is a definition for arpeggiated. From wikipedia: In music, an arpeggio is Italian for broken chord where the notes are played or sung in sequence, one after the other, rather than ringing out simultaneously. – Anonymous Mar 30 '11 at 20:40
The way to do this is to mute with your left hand. What you want to do is lift the finger that just played a note off the fretboard but not off the string. This will cause the note to die immediately. It's almost like doing a trill but not completing the pull off. The technique is not super easy to learn, since there's not a lot of room between touching the fretboard and not touching the string at all, but it's very useful to learn. Once you've figured that out, for this tune, he's just alternating which finger he's pushing down and which one he's picking up while alternate picking with the right hand.
It sounds like you may already be doing this. If so, you just need to practice your technique so you can speed it up.
yossarianyossarian
thanks, that's what I was doing already, just thought there was maybe an easier way :) – Anonymous Mar 28 '11 at 20:47
@eagerMoose, I'm afraid not. You'll just have to practice to get your speed up. – yossarian Mar 28 '11 at 20:55
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Patrick Space Force Base
Apr 14, 2020 – MyBaseGuide
See the Getting To & Around Brevard County chapter on Page 20 for information about local airports, train service and public transportation. The closest commercial flights land at Melbourne International Airport, which is about 15 miles from the base. A passenger shuttle service to Patrick AFB is available on ground level adjacent to the baggage claim. Make reservations by calling 800-826-4544 at least 24 hours in advance, if possible. Call for rate information.
Contact your sponsor and advise them of your estimated arrival time and flight information if applicable prior to your arrival at Patrick AFB.
Sponsorship is vital to the relocation process. Don’t PCS without talking to your sponsor before departing for Patrick AFB. Your sponsor will answer any questions you have about the base and the local area, make lodging/dorm arrangements and meet you upon arrival. Your sponsor will be there to help you and your family until you are settled into your new community.
If you have not been in touch with a sponsor and your departure is nearing, contact your gaining unit or call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 321-494-5676.
Cellphone use by the driver of a moving motor vehicle is prohibited on all Department of Defense installations, unless the cellphone is used with a hands-free device.
From Interstate 95
Take Interstate 95 South to Exit 188 (State Route 404). State Route 404 will become the Pineda Causeway. Follow the Pineda Causeway east looking for signs for Patrick AFB, Patrick Drive exit ramp. Exit to Patrick Drive, then turn left. Drive north on Patrick Drive to the South Gate on S. Patrick Drive. The South Gate is only accessible from the Pineda Causeway eastbound. There is no exit to Patrick Drive from the Pineda Causeway westbound.
If you are headed south on Interstate 75 take the Florida Turnpike. From the turnpike, exit in Orlando at state Route 528 East. Follow the above directions for state Route 528 to state Route A1A to Patrick AFB.
From Melbourne International Airport
The closest airport is Melbourne International Airport, about 15 miles from Patrick AFB. Upon leaving the airport, turn left onto NASA Boulevard. Continue to U.S. Route 1. Take U.S. Route 1 North to Pineda Causeway (State Road 404). Go east on Pineda Causeway to State Road A1A. Turn left onto state Route A1A and proceed approximately 4 miles to the East Gate of Patrick AFB.
From Orlando International Airport
Orlando International Airport is about 58 miles northwest of Patrick AFB. When leaving the airport, stay to the right and take State Road 528 east toward Port Canaveral (a tollbooth will require a fee). Go south at state Route A1A. The base will be on the right side in approximately 20 miles.
Patrick AFB has two gates. The East Gate is open 24/7 and is on Highway A1A. The South Gate is on South Patrick Drive and is accessible from Pineda Causeway. Pass and registration is at the East Gate. Visitor passes are available at both gates.
CHECK-IN PROCEDURES
Military Personnel Section
……………………………………………………..321-494-6144
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Newly arriving military members are welcomed during normal duty hours by the base INTRO manager in the MPS Customer Service section of the 45th Force Support Squadron, Building 537. Those arriving after normal duty hours must report to the 24-hour arrival point, the Space Coast Inn, in Building 720, for lodging assignments. Please call 321-494-6591 for temporary lodging information.
Upon arrival at Patrick AFB, contact your sponsor, who will accompany you through inprocessing. If you haven’t been assigned a sponsor or haven’t been in contact with your sponsor, contact Patrick’s INTRO manager before arriving and a sponsor will be assigned. Please contact the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 321-494-5676 if you do not have a sponsor after you arrive at Patrick AFB.
Relocation counseling, sponsorship assistance and information on personal finances are available at the Airman & Family Readiness Center.
Contact the TMO at 321-494-5083 for any move-related questions regarding household goods, hold baggage or other household move issues.
All military members must first inprocess through their squadron command support staff section before taking their records to INTRO. All hand-carried records and documents should be available for the base INTRO manager to begin inprocessing.
TEMPORARY LODGING
Space Coast Inn
Building 720 840 Falcon Ave.
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The Space Coast Inn provides safe, comfortable and clean accommodations for active-duty members and their families who are being assigned to Patrick AFB as well as retired military personnel traveling in Florida. Because of seasonal high-occupancy rates, you are urged to contact lodging well in advance to secure your reservation. New arrivals have priority, but it is advised that you or your sponsor take care of your billeting arrangements as soon as possible. Reservations can be made by your sponsor or by calling the inn. Check-in is at 3:30 p.m. The inn accepts cash, check or credit card, and payment must be made in advance. All lodging facilities are nonsmoking.
Because of the limited temporary lodging family units available during permanent change of station season — March 1 to
Sept. 30 — only one unit can be reserved per family. Amenities include full kitchens with full-size refrigerator, full-size stove, full-size dishwasher and a stackable washer/dryer. Housekeeping services are provided daily. A few family units are pet-friendly and will require an additional pet service fee. Shot records and pet identification are required at check-in. Rottweilers, pit bull terriers, snakes and other exotic pets are not permitted.
Check the website for room rates.
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__label__wiki | 0.821011 | 0.821011 | Putin Is Pushing: NATO Jets Are Scrambling to Intercept Russian Patrol Planes
March 4, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Europe Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: RussiaMilitaryTechnologyWorldNATOF-16
British and Norwegian Typhoon and F-16 fighter jets scrambled two times in late February 2020 to intercept pairs of Tu-142 patrol planes belonging to Russia’s Northern Fleet after the Tu-142s flew farther south than normal and approaches Norwegian air space.
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Russian submarines are deploying farther, in greater numbers, than at any time since the end of the Cold War. The undersea surge has prompted NATO to initiate a surge of its own, launching large numbers of maritime patrol planes to find, track and practice sinking the Russian boats.
But there’s evidence Russia is doing the same thing, sending its own patrol planes farther south than they normally fly.
The escalating deployments point to growing readiness for war on both sides.
“These Russian aircraft operate relatively routinely over the seas north of Norway,” Maj. Brynjar Stordal, a spokesperson for the Norwegian armed forces, told The Barents Observer. “It is not common that they fly as far south as they did this week.”
The Russian planes flew over the Barents Sea north of the Kola Peninsula before turning south into the so-called Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap, a maritime chokepoint in the North Atlantic.
“Breaking through the GIUK gap in a potential conflict would be important for the Russian navy when establishing the ‘bastion defense’ concept, protecting the ballistic missile submarines patrolling in the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean,” The Barents Observer explained.
The Tu-142 flights coincided with the beginning of a major NATO exercise in Norway. Exercise Cold Response involved 15,000 alliance troops from nine countries.
“We have experienced in the past that allied exercise activities in out neighborhoods has led to some increased activity from Russian surveillance capacities like this,” Stordal said.
NATO isn’t alone in staging large-scale war games. The Russian navy in mid-October 2019 sortied eight subs in the country’s biggest undersea exercise since the Cold War.
The eight submarines, including six nuclear-powered ships, sailed from their bases in northern Russia into the cold waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. At the same time, an additional two boats -- the nuclear-powered Sierra-class attack submarines Pskov and Nizhny Novgorod -- sailed into roughly the same waters for tests and training.
The 10 vessels represent around 20 percent of the Russian submarine force. For comparison, the U.S. Pacific Fleet with its roughly 30 subs as recently as 2013 reliably could deploy eight boats on short notice.
More than a dozen NATO patrol planes flew back-to-back missions in order to find and track Moscow’s submarines. Amatuer plane-spotters using commercial software kept tabs on the planes’ transponders.
It’s unclear how many NATO submarines also joined the hunt for the Russian boats.
Between Oct. 25 and Nov. 7, 2019, the NATO planes flew more than 40 missions. Six Norwegian air force P-3s, four U.S. Navy P-8s and a Canadian air force CP-140 flew from Andoya in Norway. At least one additional P-8 flew from Keflavik in Iceland. A French navy Atlantic 2 patroller staged from Prestwick airport in Scotland.
Russian submarines also have extended their patrols across the Atlantic to the U.S. East Coast. In response, the U.S. fleet in March 2020 is doing something it hasn’t done in decades. Practicing to protect convoys.
“The Navy is exercising a contested cross-Atlantic convoy operation for the first time since the end of the Cold War, using a carrier strike group to pave the way for sealift ships with a cruiser escort to bring the Army ground equipment for the Defender-20 exercise,” USNI News reported.
The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Eisenhower is leading the current convoy exercise. “The Ike, along with an unidentified submarine sweeping the depths of the ocean for unexpected Russian guests, is participating in an exercise that will throw simulated attacks at the convoy to stress test how prepared the Navy is to punch its way across the Atlantic,” Breaking Defense explained.
But NATO isn’t the only one preparing for undersea warfare, as the spike in Russian aerial patrols indicate.
David Axe serves as Defense Editor of the National Interest. He is the author of the graphic novels War Fix, War Is Boring and Machete Squad. | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line1093 |
__label__wiki | 0.541714 | 0.541714 | Mansourasaurus- A story from the land of Pharaoh and Dinosaurs
Hesham Sallam
Prof, Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center
The paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution is here: http://go.nature.com/2BEMNDF
The story of the Mansourasaurus discovery began in December of 2013, when I received an invitation to give a talk about vertebrate paleontology at New Valley University in Kharga Oasis in southern Egypt. To get there I drove 12 hours with my graduate students from Mansoura University, Sanaa El-Sayed and Iman El-Dawoudi, who had just graduated and were eager to reach out to other Egyptian students about fossil vertebrates. On the way there we also picked up my third student, Sara Saber, from Assiut University. After the talk, we drove out to quickly have a closer look at the dinosaur-bearing rock exposures around Dakhla Oasis that I had been working in since 2008, with American colleagues from Ohio University, the University of Southern California, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Our project aims to fill a ~30 million year gap in the Late Cretaceous fossil record of Africa, from which very few fossils of land-living vertebrates are known.
From Left; Sanaa El-Sayed, Iman El-Dawoudi, Mai El-Amir, Sara Saber and Farahat Ibrahim digging Mansourasaurus
As the sun was going down, I noticed a new road that could give us a view of some unexplored exposures, so the next morning we drove all the way to its end and found a gravel quarry. We had only half an hour to look at the rocks before the long drive back to Mansoura. Sara and I walked in the same direction, while the others headed off in different directions to cover as much ground as possible. Only a few minutes later, I looked over my shoulder to see that Sara was brushing something, which I assumed was probably a rock. I kept walking and a few minutes later my cell phone rang. It was Sara. I picked up the phone to hear her excitedly telling me to please come back, because there were fossil bones all over the place. I quickly returned to find that the area was indeed full of bones… the remains of an associated partial skeleton of a sauropod dinosaur. I noticed my footprints all over the site, and joked with Sara, saying “by the way, I saw it first but left it for you as a test.” She replied quickly, saying “no, professor, you stepped all over the bones!,” and we had a good laugh. It was one of those wonderful moments in paleontology when you know that something really important has just been discovered.
Professor Sallam in the middle between Sanaa El-Sayed (right) and Iman El-Dawoudi (left)
I knew that we needed at least two weeks of fieldwork to properly excavate the skeleton, so we made the difficult decision to come back later and better prepared. Leaving such an important discovery behind made everyone incredibly anxious, because all of the bulldozers moving through the area could destroy the fossils in an instant. After two long months of preparation, we returned to the site with Sanaa, Iman, Sara, and two of my other colleagues, Mai El-Amir and Farahat Ibrahim. The excavation was difficult as the area is extremely hot, and we were hit with sandstorms and even pouring rain, but our enthusiasm kept us going, as we knew that we were writing a new chapter in the history of Egyptian vertebrate paleontology. Every evening, we went to the highest point in the area to get access to the Internet to learn more about dinosaur anatomy. On the third day we found the most diagnostic bone, the left dentary, from which it was clear that the lower jaw of this sauropod had a pronounced ‘chin.’ We were in close contact with our friends and colleagues in Egypt and the U.S.A., who were following the action daily. As time passed it became clear that we had skull bones, much of the shoulder girdle and forelimb, multiple vertebrae and ribs, part of the foot, and pieces of several dermal plates – more than was known for any dinosaur of this age from the entire African continent. While chatting with my American colleague Joe Sertich, he suggested the name Mansourasaurus, and it stuck.
Looking up titanosaurian dinosaur anatomy
We ended up working at the site for three weeks, and by the time we were finished we had made 19 plaster jackets and collected loads of isolated bone fragments. When we returned to Mansoura, we brought the jackets to be CT scanned at the university hospital. Never having seen plaster jackets in the hospital before, some of the staff stopped us and asked what we were pushing around on a gurney. I told them it was a dinosaur. They were astonished! One man asked if it was sick… to which I replied that it had been dead for at least 75 million years!
19 plaster jacket circle of Mansourasaurus (From Left; Mai El-Amir, Iman El-Dawoudi,Sara Saber and Sanaa El-Sayed)
As time went on we would regularly meet up with our American colleagues over Skype, particularly the sauropod experts Eric Gorscak of Ohio University and later The Field Museum, Matt Lamanna of the Carnegie Museum, and Patrick O’Connor of Ohio University. Slowly the picture started to come together of just what we were dealing with. I think most of us initially expected Mansourasaurus to have been a member of a very ancient African lineage, given that continent’s hypothesized isolation during the Cretaceous, but it turned out that its closest affinities were instead with European sauropods, providing some of the first compelling evidence for the movement of dinosaurs between Africa and Europe in the later part of the Cretaceous. A find like this shows how little we still know about the Late Cretaceous of Africa, and has motivated us all to keep up the search for new fossils in Egypt.
Mansourasaurus skeletal reconstruction (McAfee, Carnegie MNH): Skeletal reconstruction of the new titanosaurian dinosaur Mansourasaurus shahinae from the Late Cretaceous of the Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. Bones shown in color are those that are preserved in the original fossil; other bones are based on those of closely related dinosaurs. Image credit: Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Nader Alagmy almost 3 years ago
well done prof. Hesham and your team i'm so proud of you.💪
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Dina Mohamed almost 3 years ago
Well done prof we are all proud of you.. Keep the amazing work
Islam M. Saadeldin almost 3 years ago
Well done Prof. Hesham and all the team.
Mohamed Mahrous almost 3 years ago
It's a great work of you prof and the whole team. Congratulations
Mabrouk Sami almost 3 years ago
It's a great work of you prof and the whole team. i'm so proud of you. Congratulations
Ghada Reda Arafat almost 3 years ago
so proud to be egyptian & member of mansoura university
Well done doctor 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Heba Abdelhady almost 3 years ago
great job, prof. We're so proud of you and your team 😄👏
Patrick O'Connor almost 3 years ago
Nice job Hesham. Congrats to you and the MUVP students and collaborators on a job well done.
Loay Reda Alaswad almost 3 years ago
congratulations prof. Hesham, god bless you.
Amgad Hasan almost 3 years ago
Congratulations on this amazing discovery! Thanks you for this hard work and passion.
Mohammed Nour almost 3 years ago
Great efforts
محمد عبيد almost 3 years ago
فخور وسعيد
،عمل عظيم يا دكتور ، شكرا ليك وشكرا للفريق بالكامل
لوقا رزق almost 3 years ago
congratulations Dr sallam for this unique discovery and always forward to eliminate name of our country Egypt and well done choose of name of your discovered Mansourasaurus for our beautiful city and university El-Mansoura
Andre Jasper 5 months ago
Excellent work Prof. Sallam! | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line1096 |
__label__wiki | 0.825782 | 0.825782 | Contributor Comms Biology
Reexamining the a of Mouse Genetics A to Z
The nonagouti (a) mutation, which changes coat color from wild-type agouti to black is one of the most widespread classical mutations in laboratory mice strains. We found the root cause of the nonagouti. The a mutation probably arose in an East Asian mouse lineage, possibly, the Japanese fancy mice.
Tsuyoshi Koide
Associate Professor, National Institute of Genetics
At the very early stages of mouse genetics, well known mutations were given gene symbols with single letters. For example, nonagouti mutation which exhibits itself as black coat color (nonagouti) is shown as “a”; brown mutation which exhibits itself as brown coat color is “b”, and albino is “c”. As nonagouti is clearly different from other coat colors, this mutation is used for a variety of genetic studies in mice, since the early days. As a result, standard laboratory strain C57BL/6 (B6) as well as many other laboratory strains carry the a mutation. Thus, a is still one of the well-known mutations in mouse genetics. The causal gene of a has been genetically mapped to the agouti gene and the molecular mutation was reported, a quarter of a century ago (Bultman et al. 1994). In the report, insertion of an endogenous retrovirus, VL30, with an unknown sequence has been proposed as the causal mutation for the a allele and the resulting nonagouti phenotype. However, the molecular mechanism by which the VL30 insertion drives the aberrant expression from agouti gene, still needs clarification. Furthermore, the role of the unknown sequence present in VL30 also remains unknown.
In the course of genomic analyses using publicly available genome sequence data, we found that the unknown sequence inserted in VL30 is in fact, from another endogenous retrovirus, known as β4 (Tanave et al. 2019). We found that β4, but not VL30, interrupts the agouti gene expression via abnormal splicing (Fig. 1). To demonstrate the normal agouti gene expression even in the presence of VL30 sequence, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to delete the β4 element completely. The β4-deleted mice showed restored agouti gene expression and agouti coat color (Fig. 1). Upon partial deletion of the β4, with a single LTR remaining, the mutant allele mimicked the black-and-tan (at) allele and coat color, indicating that a single LTR of the β4 is enough to cause black coat color in dorsal skin, but not in ventral skin.
Figure 1. Black coat color caused by nested retrotransposition in the agouti gene.
Furthermore, genomic analysis revealed that East Asian wild strains, which have wild-type agouti coat color, also carry VL30 insertion in the agouti gene. These data further support our finding that VL30 has no role for developing nonagouti coat color. VL30 insertion has not been found in wild strains derived from other areas than the East Asia, suggesting that the VL30 insertion occurred in the mice from one of East Asian countries. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the additional insertion of the β4 retrovirus into the VL30 originated from an East Asian mouse lineage, that is most likely related to Japanese fancy mice, JF1 (Fig. 2).
Figure 2. Relationship between classical mutation nonagouti and Japanese fancy mouse
Japanese fancy mice have piebald coat color, with white spotting on the black coat color, and were kept during the Edo period in Japan as described in the old breeding instruction book “Chingan-sodategusa” (Jo-en-si 1787). Some of the Japanese fancy mice were maintained with another mutation, waltzer, which causes a characteristic rapid circling behavior. The Japanese fancy mice were then transported to European countries and North America and later these mice were used for many studies in genetics, immunology, cancer research, and behavior. During these studies, the mice were crossed to the fancy stock in Europe and North America. Although these Japanese fancy mice were not kept in the research community after these studies, the mice resurrected in the community from an unexpected place. Dr. Kazuo Moriwaki – a professor at National Institute of Genetics (NIG) in Japan – received a message that Japanese fancy mice were found at a flea market in Denmark, from his collaborator, Dr. Tonnes J. Nielsen. The mice were imported to NIG and established as an inbred strain JF1 (Koide et al. 1998). In the genetic analysis, we found that JF1 has a genetic profile which is hardly distinguishable from Japanese wild mice (Koide et al. 1998). Also, we found that the piebald mutation allele (s) at endothelin receptor type B (Ednrb) gene, which is kept in some mutant stock in the research community, was identical to the Ednrb gene of JF1, suggesting introgression of the s allele from Japanese fancy mice into laboratory strains.
In the analyses of the a allele, which is broadly found in the current laboratory strains, we found that the nested retrotransposition of the β4 sequence into VL30 at the agouti gene is also identical to JF1. Interestingly, we found that the s allele at Ednrb gene of JF1 is also caused by β4 retrotrasnsposition. The a allele in the laboratory strains is another introgression of mutant gene from the JF1 strain. Our studies show an important contribution of Japanese fancy mice to the mouse resource used for a variety of current genetic studies.
Written by Akira Tanave and Tsuyoshi Koide (National Institute of Genetics).
Bultman, S. J. et al. Molecular analysis of reverse mutations from nonagouti (a) to black-and-tan (at) and white-bellied agouti (Aw) reveals alternative forms of agouti transcripts. Genes Dev. 15, 481-490 (1994).
Tanave, A., Imai, Y., & Koide, T. Nested retrotransposition in the East Asian mouse genome causes the classical nonagouti mutation. Communications Biology. 2, 283 (2019).
Jo-en-shi. Chingan-sodategusa. (Zeniya Chobei press, Kyoto, 1787)
Koide, T. et al. A new inbred strain JF1 established from Japanese fancy mouse carrying the classic piebald allele. Mammalian Genome 9, 15-19 (1998). | cc/2021-04/en_middle_0008.json.gz/line1097 |
__label__cc | 0.741506 | 0.258494 | A Tale of a 121 Pound Daisy
We’ve all had days like this: you’ve gone a certain distance, but your legs hurt and you really feel like you can’t go any further. But then again, we’ve never been a 121 pound St. Bernard up Scafell Pike, highest mountain in England.
I understand your confusion. St. Bernards don’t get stuck up mountains and need rescuing. Instead, this is supposed to happen:
The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team dispatched sixteen people, who took five hours to get the massive puppy in question, Daisy, down the mountain and to safety.
Daisy was fine once she got to the bottom of the mountain. The Team was probably fine once they had taken some ibuprofen and a couple of pints.
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__label__cc | 0.663585 | 0.336415 | Designer 3D glasses for the fashion conscious
By Jeff Salton
Designer 3D glasses for the fa...
Designer glasses from Look 3D Eyewear lets you retain a semblance of fashion dignity when watching 3D content
Too good to throw away? These disposable glasses from Look 3D Eyewear are nowhere near as dorky as other standard 3D passive glasses
Look the part, not a nerd in glasses by Look 3D Eyewear
A chance meeting at 35,000ft some three years ago between a movie studio executive and a Polaroid eyewear product development manager has resulted in the first Designer 3D collection of frames that are RealD approved and certified (RealD technology is used in most 3D applications). During an international flight, Rhett Adam from Look 3D Eyewear was given a “heads-up” by a studio exec about the impending 3D onslaught and quickly identified a new market. By the time he’d landed in his native Australia, the then 35-year-old had put in place plans to quit his job and embark on a new adventure. From those humble beginnings, Look 3D Eyewear was born and the company now has four series of passive 3D viewing glasses that come in a huge variety of styles. Say goodbye to looking like a nerd while viewing 3D content.
As if you haven’t realized, 3D eyewear is a huge market. At its height Avatar was giving away and selling 798,000 pairs of glasses per day and Adam says with 25 3D films slated for release in 2010, there could be the demand for twice as many frames to be produced to service the global market.
RealD licenses its Cinema Systems to motion picture exhibitors that show 3D motion pictures and alternative 3D content, as well as providing its RealD Format active and passive eyewear. The company also provides its display and gaming technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers and content producers and distributors to enable the delivery and viewing of 3D content on high definition televisions, laptops and other displays.
"We’re the only RealD premium eyewear company,” boasts Adam. “Our fashion glasses have 0.7mm thick lenses – the disposable ones you get given at the cinema are just 0.3mm. Our lenses deliver maximum durability and have a scratch-resistant coating, which means they’ll last for a very long time.
Look 3D Eyewear offers a number of collections of passive 3D glasses at various price points and are manufactured to RealD’s specific engineering specifications and carry the RealD certification badge to ensure quality is maintained.
The company’s series are based on different fashion designs and price points, they are: Movie, Designer, Director and Disposable.
As more and more consumers purchase 3D TVs and gaming products, having durable 3D eyewear is a must.
“Our biggest selling item is a clip-on product for people who wear prescription glasses – about 50 percent of the population. We sell these for only US$5 each so households can even keep a couple of spares for when family and friends drop in to watch the latest 3D movies,” says Adam.
Look 3D Eyewear’s major distributors are Cineworld and Greater Union but Adam says the company has plans to open champion stores in key locations.
He explains that the company purchased a sunglass manufacturing plant in China and converted it to solely producing 3D eyewear. “We retrained all the existing staff to the new products and put our own quality control processes in place.”
Adam’s company has some licensing agreements with Hollywood that enable them to produce some one-off “designer” glasses, on top of their extensive range, like Shrek 3D glasses.
Much cheaper than active shutter glasses, Adam believes there is plenty of scope for his products over the coming years to gain excellent market penetration as the world moves to 3D.
“At Look3D Eyewear, we strongly believe that everyone deserves to see and be seen in the best 3D glasses on the market. We’re proud of our collection and our unrivaled lens technology.”
Just remember, these 3D glasses can not double as sunglasses. But Adam's company has got that covered, too, with an environmental overtone to it.
“We’re also working on a corn-based sunglass range which are biodegrable.”
If inexpensive enough, these would be great if you arrive at the beach and realize you’ve forgotten or broken your good pair of glasses, or when you’re at the all-day sporting event looking into the sun. If someone was selling disposable sunglasses, I know I’d buy a pair.
Movie Collection glasses are priced between RRP US$15-$30, Designer Collection RRP US$20-$30, and Directors Collection are priced between RRP US$60-$80. All will be available online shortly.
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__label__wiki | 0.501135 | 0.501135 | Auction Results | All | Coins & Banknotes
Ancient coin hoard found with metal detector nets builder more than $100,000
A British builder hit the jackpot this week when a hoard of 1,000-year-old coins he discovered with a metal detector sold at auction for more than $100,000.
Don Crawley uncovered the stash of coins in a farmer’s field back in 2017, and sold them this week at Dix Noonan Webb in London, where dozens of the coins soared past their top estimates.
Together the hoard had been estimated to sell for £30,000 – £50,000, but stunned auctioneers by achieving a final price of £90,000 ($118,000).
“This is a fantastic result for Don, and shows how the prices realised at auction for a newly found hoard can exceed everyone’s expectations,” said Nigel Mills, antiquities expert at Dix Noonan Webb.
Lucky detectorist Don Crawley, who uncovered the hoard of coins during a search in a farmer’s field in 2017 (Image: Dix Noonan Webb)
Prior to the auction, Crawley recalled his once-in-a-lifetime discovery:
“It was my first visit to this farmers land in Suffolk. After walking up an incline in the field, my Deus detector gave off a strong signal and within a short space of time I had recovered 93 coins.”
“The Finds Liaison Officer was called in and they investigated the site which turned out to be a long forgotten Saxon church which had been dismantled by the Normans in the 11th century. Excavating around they uncovered the remains of human bones and I found another 6 coins!”
The surrounding area of Louth had originally been a fortified settlement in the 10th century, with a church containing the remains of St Herefrith.
Experts think that the pennies were originally owned by a pilgrim to the site, who believed the world was due to end with the approaching millennium and buried them as an act of penitence.
Following his historic find, Crawley took the coins to the British Museum to be examined, where experts revealed they were Silver pennies from the reign of Aethelred II.
One of the ancient silver pennies from the reign of Aethelred the Unready (Image: Dix Noonan Webb)
The Anglo Saxon King, also known as ‘Aethelred the Unready’, ruled England from AD 978 until 1013, when he was disposed by an army of Danish invaders led by King Sweyn Forkbeard.
The coins were kept safe at the British Museum until being disclaimed under the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which governs the discovery of treasure in the U.K.
Having finally been given legal permission to sell the coins, Crawley consigned them to Dix Noonan Webb, who helped him achieve the life-changing result.
“I am totally amazed at today’s auction and loved every minute!” he said following Wednesday’s auction. “I will probably never experience anything like this again.”
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__label__wiki | 0.761013 | 0.761013 | Home » Europe » When does lockdown end, is it December 1 or December 2?
When does lockdown end, is it December 1 or December 2?
The restrictions, which will come into effect as soon as lockdown is over, will be used as a replacement of the current lockdown. The changes to the 3 tier system come after Public Health England official Susan Hopkins warned the previous system wasn’t working well enough to reduce coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the move in the House of Commons this afternoon via video call.
When does lockdown end?
Since the lockdown was first introduced on November 5, the Government has insisted the shutdown would end on December 2.
Any extension would only be allowed to pass via a vote of Parliament.
In his address to MPs on Monday afternoon, Mr Johnson indicated the new tier restrictions would come into place immediately after the lockdown ends.
If the Prime Minister is right, that suggests the lockdown ends at midnight on December 2, and the new rules will begin at 12.01am on the same day.
Mr Johnson said: “From next Wednesday, people will be able to leave their home for any purpose and meet others in outdoor public spaces, subject to the Rule of Six.
“Collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume, and shops, personal care, gyms and the wider leisure sector can open.”
Although the Prime Minister outlined the rules on Monday, the list of areas being placed under each tier will be announced on Thursday, November 26.
The tier system will be reviewed on a regular basis, in line with the latest data and trends.
There will also be a legal obligation to keep measures under ongoing review when the lockdown ends.
In his announcement, Mr Johnson said: “So we’re not going to replace national measures with a free for all, the status quo anti-Covid, we’re going to go back instead to a regional tiered approach – applying the toughest measures where Covid is most prevalent.
“And while the previous local tiers did cut the R number, they were not quite enough to reduce it below one.
“So the scientific advice, I’m afraid, is that as we come out our tiers need to be made tougher.”
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What’s happening with Christmas?
Christmas is expected to be more of a quiet affair this year, but, the four authorities of the UK are all working together to create a uniform plan for all.
Mr Johnson told the House: “I can’t say that Christmas will be normal this year, but in a period of adversity time spent with loved ones is even more precious for all faiths and none.
“We all want some kind of Christmas, we need it, we certainly feel we deserve it.
“But what we don’t want is to throw caution to the wind and allow the virus to flare up again, forcing us all back into lockdown in January.
“So, to allow families to come together, while minimising the risk, we’re working with the devolved administrations on a special time-limited Christmas dispensation, embracing the whole of the United Kingdom.”
Several households could be allowed to create a temporary bubble between December 22 and December 28, with plans to cover all four nations.
Restrictions on church services are also due to be lifted, allowing Christmas Day services to be held, reports the Telegraph.
But, while plans have not yet been confirmed, one thing is clear – Brits are in for a very different festive period this year.
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__label__cc | 0.514878 | 0.485122 | John Carmack Believes Oculus Quest Will Directly Compete With Nintendo Switch
By alba October 1, 2018
43 Comments on John Carmack Believes Oculus Quest Will Directly Compete With Nintendo Switch
During his keynote at the recent Oculus Connect 5 event, Oculus VR chief technology officer John Carmack said he believes that the upcoming Oculus Quest headset will be competing with the Nintendo Switch console. Despite not being a VR device, the Switch offers portable gaming functionality – something that Oculus Quest will aim to provide as well. Both platforms aren’t typically seen as direct competitors, but only time will tell if they will end up going head to head in the retail space.
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Hubba Bubba says:
But I don’t think I can play Oculus on the Go bus…….
Cole Williams (@NGamerCole) says:
Yeah I literally had the same thought, I mean it’s neat if they’re going for a portable VR thing that’s not just a phone add-on (I assume) then that’s nice, but yeah it’s not like you can wear thing on the bus or train going to work or something. Plus a Switch can fairly easy slide into your pocket (if you have nice pockets at least) or your bag in no time. I think a VR headset might be a bit more bulky putting away.
val berger (@val_berger) says:
I mean I also don’t play Switch on the bus. While it’S way more likely, it’s surely a very interesting thing to go on vacation and take your VR console with you wherever you are, so it’s definitely a direct competition.
Noone said it’s a dangerious competition though. But it comes after similar demands like delivering the deepest possible experience with a portable device. And it additionally makes VR, which used to be a very bulky and stationary solution and might still be inside some people’s heads, a very lightweight and portable one.
But just like VR in general I wouldn’t expect this to be the Switch killer. PSVR didn’t even manage to cannibalize the PS4 although it’s on the same system and would be kinda likely especially as PSVR used to be way more advertised and got some huge exclusive games. Still the interest stayed very low in general.
Niko says:
Watch his keynote, where he said this. He’s not talking about directly competing or beating it by interpretation; He’s talking about Quest’s target market, the type of people who would spend a few hundred dollars on a mobile gaming device. It will in fact be in that market.
It’ll be funny to come back to this in a year or so.. Quest isn’t going to beat Switch’s sales any time soon.. But it’ll end up being a pretty popular game device. No doubt about that. Just have to try it to believe that.
I gave up on buying traditional games entirely once I got my Rift. I don’t see any reason to play them now that VR works as well as it does, I only want more new games to support VR. And companies that don’t get with the picture are missing out and falling behind. lol
CosmicTornado says:
The Oculus Quest huh? I’ve heard of Oculus as a brand, but I’ve never heard of the Quest. I don’t think there will be much of a competition if they do end up “competing”
gukingofheart says:
This is like saying Mobile Phones will compete with the Nintendo Switch.
They’re in competition, but not directly!
狐ちゃん says:
I’d like to see him try and sell something that effectively slaughters a person’s awareness of their surroundings to parents having a hard enough time keeping their kids in line.
Joshua McJunkin says:
And how many parents hand their kids a tablet or a phone to shut them up?
On the other hand, young kids with developing eyes are not supposed to be exposed to artificial 3D.
Infinite Ridley says:
CFG says:
Yeah, I’m sure everyone is willing to pay a fortune for the opportunity to carry around a VR headset that they can just slip on whenever they have a spare moment. I’m sure completely blocking your vision while outside your home will cause ZERO inconveniences or accidents.
I was too hasty. This isn’t even really marketed as a portable device per se. It’s just the cheaper version of Rift that doesn’t require a PC. If anything, it’s competition will be it’s own big brother, the Rift… Although $400 is still a high price tage for anyone apprehensive about buying their first VR device.
But yeah… This thing isn’t going to have any effect on the Switch. Nobody is going to own a PS4 and PC and then ask “Gee, should I get an Oculus Quest or a Switch because it’s gotta be one or the other.”
It’s not like the Switch is exactly cheap itself; this thing is gonna go for around $400 in the US and if you count the extra stuff you need to buy for your Switch, that thing comes up to around the same price, too. Oh and it’s not like a Switch doesn’t have these same exact drawbacks when you take it on the go.
felixgray says:
Still tho the switch handles portableness better I can’t even see vr being portable gawd Pokémon go wasn’t even a vr game but it multiple people died (not paying attention to there surroundings) this would be a horrible idea vr portable would have to have lots of research put in it like detecting your surroundings and etc
Honestly, til those are a thing, VR is not something you should play when you are alone whether you are at home or out and about, anyway. As long as you have a companion with you, VR is perfectly safe. As I said, it’s not like the Switch is exactly immune to these same exact issues. Playing a Switch can be just as dangerous as playing a mobile phone game like Pokemon GO.
cronotose says:
“need to buy for your Switch”
Like what? Suddenly I’m reminded of people trying to say that the Wii cost more than a PS3 because you “have to” buy three more remotes and nunchucks and a wireless sensor bar and three hundred other things that are totally optional.
A Switch LAN Adapter for superior online play, a Pro Controller if your hands are too big for the Joy-Cons, a Micro SD Card because Nintendo still thinks 32GBs is okay, & a carrying case designed specifically for your Switch so you can safely carry it around with you. These might be optional to you but others would disagree.
Wang Yuanji says:
If anyone causes an accident with this, then that’s on them. It’s not even that hard to understand. People just need to use common sense.
Think about when and where it makes sense to use this and then do it. If you seriously use this in a place you could damage it or anything else knowing your vision is limited, you really are asking to have it broken.
Warren Ogilvy says:
I think John Carmack needs to buy himself a clue, get his head out of his ass and face up to the fact that the Switch is the only system that matters right now and no, his little VR nonsense is not gonna get any rub off the Switch no matter how hard he tries to put them against each other.
PS4/Switch master race says:
Wait…how?
Also, portable VR? Do you want to get people killed, because that’s how you get people killed.
Cloud Omega says:
true even Pokemon Go got people killed, and it was not as bad as a face strapped piece of crap
When you think about it, any electronic that you can carry around can get you killed. ESPECIALLY if you are an idiot and you aren’t paying attention to your surroundings. Besides, common sense will tell you to never play a VR game that requires movement if you are alone and/or in public.
I think this is a pretty great idea. Yeah, it’s VR, so it’s a different experience and whatnot. But, it’s going for portability as well which I appreciate.
A standalone VR headset at $399 with the advantage of being portable sounds good to me.
The people attacking this thing sure do like ignoring the fact the Switch has the same potential issues as this VR headset. I honestly think some people here are just letting their Nintendo boner get the better of them.
Don’t know why so many are against VR. It’s just another option.
I doubt many of these people would even bother with an Oculus Rift or PSVR either. So, I wouldn’t expect them to understand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Of course, it all boils down to what type of games it gets though.
petric22 says:
Nothing fancy, if all the processing is done by the headset.
Will compete with nintendo switch..in what universe?
In the universe with flying cars.
shinygold2 says:
I mean they’re different methods of gaming with entirely different audiences. One you can play on the go or on tv while the other is way more limited on where you can go with it, and that doesn’t even begin to go into the types of games you can play with them. This would make more sense if it was Oculus vs. PS4 VR
taar1 says:
Boy I can’t wait to play with a VR device on my head in the packed Intercity train during my commute. NOT.
Or getting back home late at night just begging to be beat and mugged.
cubits12x says:
Does this device have a front facing camera with sensors to tell you when you are close to a car, the road, or other people to avoid bumping into them?
No! It completely obscures you from reality. So how is this portable?
If they are saying they want to compete for indie games, then OK… But as a portable, for as long as you can’t walk along the road with a VR headset strapped to your face, I don’t see how it will happen
brad10do says:
This is ridiculous, how can he think this will compete with the switch.
I mean VR seems all good and well, but I think there’s a way to go yet before it becomes amazing.
If what he’s implying was to happen there would be a lot of people with f***ed eyes and horrible line imprints on their head.
VR will be good at home when it’s good enough, but not standing/swinging around in public like a goon, and putting yourself and others at risk of silly accidents. Man come in!!
Come on!!
GerikDT says:
That’s a strange statement. I get that they want to market their new console, but it just sounds forced. Nintendo made the Switch to appeal to a much broader audience. Quest will only draw in a very niche audience, many of which already have VR hardware that’s just as good, if not better. Quest is also going to be more expensive, and correct me if I’m wrong, but it looks like it’s aiming to have its own exclusive library of games, which is ballsy. Since it’s VR, it’s also not going to have anywhere near the same caliber of games that traditional platforms offer.
VR needs time to grow, and this is a big step towards the technology we all envision, so I hope they do fairly well. I honestly don’t see it happening, though.
amcecil says:
u dont even want to wear sunglasses let alone a big plastic heat trap with low res barf inducing graphics
Cory M says:
This is a completely different market I think. Yes both gaming and both portable, but not at all the same. I see them as similar to each other as Console Gaming is to Mobile Gaming, they don’t really effect each others bottom line.
Nintendo First Order 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓻 says:
I don’t understand why a VR headset should compete with the Switch. Those two are different systems with different ways to play games.
This might be good if your ugly and you want to cover some of your face!!
Evan Dittmar says:
This is just me, but I have never cared for VR and my interest has only gone down over time.
Well it better have killer games that can compete with Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Xenoblade and 3rd party games like Bayonetta or Persona/Shin Megami Tensei otherwise its no competition at all.
darthchrisb says:
VR might be portable in the sense that you can carry it around, just like the GameCube was portable. But the Switch is a play-on-the-go device and VR will never be that. Augmented reality stuff like Google Glass maybe, but not VR. Also, logic tells you that this is going to cost WAY more than a Nintendo Switch, probably $500. And the games you wanna play the most will not be VR games anyway. Yet another company that doesn’t understand their own product.
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__label__wiki | 0.988545 | 0.988545 | Two more Devils — Blandisi, Smith-Pelly — fined for diving
By Mike HalfordMar 3, 2016, 2:03 PM EST
The Devils have an embellishment problem.
On Thursday, two more New Jersey skaters — Joseph Blandisi and Devante Smith-Pelly — were fined for diving, making them the third and fourth members of the team this season to be punished for the infraction.
(Before you all start freaking out, yes, it is true that Smith-Pelly’s fine came as a result of his actions as a Canadien. Accordingly, the fine will be included in Montreal’s accumulation totals.)
From the league:
Blandisi was issued a Warning following an incident flagged by NHL Hockey Operations during NHL Game No. 847 against the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 16. His second Citation, which triggered the $2,000 fine, was issued for an incident at 13:14 of the second period during NHL Game No. 893 against the New York Rangers on Feb. 23. Blandisi drew a minor penalty for interference to Rangers defenseman Dylan McIlrath and was assessed a minor penalty for embellishment on the play.
Smith-Pelly was issued a Warning following an incident flagged by NHL Hockey Operations during NHL Game No. 512 at Minnesota on Dec. 22. His second Citation, which triggered the $2,000 fine, was issued for an incident at 6:16 of the second period during NHL Game No. 902 at Washington on Feb. 24. Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom received a minor penalty for slashing on the play.
The Devils are going to be a really interesting team to watch moving forward, because bench boss John Hynes is now in danger of becoming the first coach to receive a fine for diving/embellishment since the citation program was brought into effect at the start of last season.
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__label__wiki | 0.88825 | 0.88825 | My wife put a knife to my throat while I was sleeping, said she was joking with me, man tells court
A man, Olumuyiwa Johnson has told Oja Oba/Mapo Court C Customary Court, Mapo Ibadan, Oyo State, he’s no longer interested in his 24-year-old marriage to his wife, Basirat Omotayo.
Olumuyiwa in his divorce suit accused his wife of deceit.
The plaintiff also claimed that Basirat was unfaithful to him and added that she once attempted to cut his throat while he was sleeping.
Olumuyiwa declared before the court that he no longer loved his wife and prayed that their union be dissolved.
Basirat refused to come to court despite being served court summons on three different occasions.
Olumuyiwa in his testimony explained that: “Basirat and I got married 24 years ago but we lived together for only 15 years because she is a devil’s incarnate.
“I met Basirat shortly after I returned from abroad. My plan was to start a business and get well-established in it before thinking of marriage.
“Unfortunately, I had to shed this plan after I impregnated my wife while we were still dating.
“Basirat introduced me to the head of her church who was a prophet. I was reluctant joining her church because it is a white garment church while I’m a Catholic.
“She put so much pressure on me and I later gave in. Basirat further encouraged me to go to this prophet for prayers.
“My lord, I opened up to the prophet concerning every aspect of my life and he started oppressing and attacking me spiritually.
“I found it hard to explain to my wife what was happening to me.
“My lord, I was shocked to hear a few years into our marriage that my wife once dated this prophet and that they had just broken up when we met.
“I felt deceived and demanded to know the truth from her. Basirat refused to come clean about her relationship with the prophet. She hid some facts from me.
“We started experiencing a strain in our relationship from this moment.
“Five years after we got married, she told me she consulted some spiritualists who advised her to end her marriage to me and resume her relationship with the prophet.
“Basirat began to behave like an eccentric after this.
“She once put a knife to my throat while I was sleeping in the night and would have slashed it if I didn’t act in time.
“This prophet took ill and requested that I see him when he was at the verge of dying. The person who conveyed the message to me said the prophet told him he wanted to do a confession.
“My lord, unfortunately he died before I got to his place,” the plaintiff said.
He added that, “Basirat is irresponsible and cares less about our children’s welfare.
“Any time I gave her our children’s school fees to pay, she would divide it into two and make only half available to the school.
“My marriage to Basirat lasted only 15 years. We have been living separately for the past nine years. I no longer love her.
“My lord, my purpose for coming to court is to make the dissolution of our marriage official.
“I appeal to this court to grant me my prayer and also put our two children in my custody,” Olumuyiwa pleaded.
Giving his judgment, the court president, Chief Ademola Odunade, ruled that their union be dissolved.
According to him, the defendant’s refusal to come to court showed that she was no more interested in their union.
He granted custody of their two children to the plaintiff.
Odunade instructed that a copy of the judgment should be served the defendant.
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PETITE BUILD
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One trick to writing fresh emotional responses is to focus on different parts of the body. Think carefully about the character’s exact emotions in the scene and how the body might shift or move in response. Vividly describing the colors, shapes, or textures in the character's environment can also bring the scene to life for readers.
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Petite people are often assumed to be sweet, gentle, and graceful. What about a petite character who is violent, obscene, clumsy, or crazy?
Because of their stature, petite characters are always portrayed as trying to make themselves taller. But what about a small character who is happy with her height, or who simply doesn't care one way or the other?
Petite characters are often reserved for supporting roles—like the loyal best friend who, while short of stature, is a ballsy spitfire with a temperament twice her physical size. But characters with this body type don't need to be sidelined. Instead, it would be refreshing to see a petite hero, mentor, bully, or villain.
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__label__wiki | 0.519975 | 0.519975 | “Twilight Driving” by Methyl Ethel
Perth, Australia’s rock trio Methyl Ethel has had notable success in their home country of Australia, they were also just short-listed for the Australian Music Prize along with fellow Perth band Tame Impala and current tour-mate Courtney Barnett. The band will now embark on their first US tour, scheduled for March along with an appearance at 2016’s SXSW Music Festival. Highlights include appearances at Levitation Festival Chicago, Treefort Festival in Boise and stops in both New York and Los Angeles.
Jake Webb established Methyl Ethel in 2013 after spending time as the Perth music scene’s go-to player. Built from the ground up in various bedrooms, friends’ studios and quiet caverns, the exceptional EP diptych “Guts” and “Teeth” were released in quick succession and explore themes of anxiety, disillusionment and stasis.
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__label__cc | 0.544563 | 0.455437 | Deletion of the β-Acetoacetyl synthase FabY in pseudomonas aeruginosa induces hypoacylation of lipopolysaccharide and increases antimicrobial susceptibility
David A. Six, Yanqiu Yuan, Jennifer A. Leeds, Timothy C. Meredith
The β-acetoacetyl-acyl carrier protein synthase FabY is a key enzyme in the initiation of fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Deletion of fabY results in an increased susceptibility of P. aeruginosa in vitro to a number of antibiotics, including vancomycin and cephalosporins. Because antibiotic susceptibility can be influenced by changes in membrane lipid composition, we determined the total fatty acid profile of the ΔfabY mutant, which suggested alterations in the lipid A region of the lipopolysaccharide. The majority of lipid A species in the ΔfabY mutant lacked a single secondary lauroyl group, resulting in hypoacylated lipid A. Adding exogenous fatty acids to the growth media restored the wild-type antibiotic susceptibility profile and the wild-type lipid A fatty acid profile. We suggest that incorporation of hypoacylated lipid A species into the outer membrane contributes to the shift in the antibiotic susceptibility profile of the ΔfabY mutant.
10.1128/AAC.01804-13
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Six, D. A., Yuan, Y., Leeds, J. A., & Meredith, T. C. (2014). Deletion of the β-Acetoacetyl synthase FabY in pseudomonas aeruginosa induces hypoacylation of lipopolysaccharide and increases antimicrobial susceptibility. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 58(1), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01804-13
Six, David A. ; Yuan, Yanqiu ; Leeds, Jennifer A. ; Meredith, Timothy C. / Deletion of the β-Acetoacetyl synthase FabY in pseudomonas aeruginosa induces hypoacylation of lipopolysaccharide and increases antimicrobial susceptibility. In: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2014 ; Vol. 58, No. 1. pp. 153-161.
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Australia must sign the prohibition on nuclear weapons: here’s why
Tilman Ruff, University of Melbourne
On Wednesday a historic ceremony will take place in the UN General Assembly – the opening for signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The treaty will enter into force 90 days after 50 countries have ratified it. More than 40 are expected to sign today, and more will sign over the coming weeks and months. As it was adopted by a vote of 122 to one, it can be expected that close to 100 countries will sign before year’s end and it will enter into force in 2018.
The agreements is long overdue. It is 72 years since the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 71 years since the first resolution of the newly formed UN General Assembly called for “the elimination from national armaments of the atomic weapons”.
It comes at a time of deeply disturbing resurgent nuclear threats and risks of nuclear war, which are considered by most experts – such as the 15 Nobel laureates among the custodians of the Doomsday Clock – to be as high as they have ever been.
It will provide the first comprehensive and categorical prohibition of the world’s most destructive weapons. The treaty makes clear that the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of these weapons means they can never be used again, and consequently should be eliminated. It affirms that as the risks concern the security of all humanity, all countries share this responsibility.
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Countries that join the treaty must not develop, test, produce, possess, transfer, receive, station, deploy, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. There are provisions outlining a pathway for those that have nuclear weapons now, had them in the past, or host nuclear weapons, if they can verify they are rid of their nuclear weapons, related programs and facilities.
The treaty is carefully crafted to complement other disarmament treaties, in particular the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Not only is the content of the nuclear weapons treaty historic, but the process of its genesis has also transformed the moribund nuclear disarmament landscape. For the first time, a nuclear disarmament treaty has been led by the countries without the weapons, and has an unequivocal humanitarian basis.
The level of involvement of civil society was unprecedented, particularly Japanese hibakusha (those who survived the atomic bombs) and nuclear test survivors, including from Australia.
The UN was used for the first time in 21 years to negotiate a nuclear disarmament treaty, because it’s most inclusive and democratic forum, the General Assembly, is able to adopt substantive measures by vote.
This is in stark contrast to the NPT conferences and the Conference on Disarmament, which are paralysed by a requirement for consensus.
The treaty was able to be completed from negotiating mandate to adoption in eight months, with only four weeks of actual negotiations. This was because of a widespread determination to seize this landmark opportunity on the part of many states, who were more willing to put aside parochial agendas than I have ever witnessed in a nuclear forum over the past 35 years.
Fierce opposition came from nuclear-armed and nuclear-dependent countries (including Australia), as a US document to its NATO allies demonstrates. Strong political and economic pressure exerted on many countries by the US, UK, France and Russia, despite peeling off some smaller and weaker countries, proved ineffective.
Pressure on countries not to sign, most publicly US Secretary of Defence James Mattis’ admonition to Sweden, will likely ramp up. However, the treaty is a triumph of the interests of common humanity, and is not going away.
The dangerous brinkmanship and extreme threats traded between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are only the latest explicit threats to use nuclear weapons by a succession of leaders, including Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, and leaders in India and Pakistan.
Relations between the US and Russia are at their worst in 30 years, with a resurgent Cold War escalating. Relations between the US and China are at their lowest point in decades. Pakistan and India are expanding their nuclear arsenals faster than anywhere else. Both sides are implementing deployments and policies for early use of nuclear weapons if war erupts.
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North Korea’s escalating development and testing of both nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles demonstrate that any determined nation can develop both.
The fundamental problem is what South African ambassador Abdul Minty described as “nuclear apartheid”, with the countries possessing nuclear weapons busy modernising and determined to retain them, rather than fulfil their obligation to disarm. This is an inevitable driver of nuclear proliferation.
As former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said:
There are no right hands for the wrong weapons.
No human should have the power to end the world in an afternoon. If nuclear weapons are retained they will eventually be used. The crisis relating to North Korea, for which there is no military solution, highlights again that our luck could run out any day.
The countries that have foresworn biological and chemical weapons now need to do the same for nuclear weapons. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons provides a credible pathway to the verified, time-bound elimination of weapons posing the most acute existential threat to people everywhere.
All countries – including North Korea, the US and Australia – should join the treaty.
Tilman Ruff, Associate Professor, International Education and Learning Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Australian Politics: 27 July 2013
Posted on July 27, 2013 by particularkev
The Gonski reforms for education in Australia continue to cause problems for the ALP, with several states and territories refusing to sign up. The links below are to articles covering stories on some of the states that refuse to sign up.
– http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/nt-rejects-federal-schools-deal/story-fn59nlz9-1226686542820
– http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/no-deal-barnett-refuses-to-budge-on-schools-20130726-2qpji.html
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Counting the Numbers: A Hopeful Sign of Some Change
The article below is about one megachurch pastor in the United States and his questioning of marketing values in the church today. I think there are some hopeful signs in his comments, but there is no convincing evidence of a better way about to be trod.
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http://www.christianpost.com/news/churches-more-like-fast-food-restaurants-one-pastor-thinks-so-50738/
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Christian Family in Bangladesh Attacked, Charged with Crime
Muslim neighbors fabricate attempted murder charge after beating them for their faith.
LOS ANGELES, October 27 (CDN) — Muslim neighbors of a Christian family in Bangladesh scheduled to be baptized last month beat them and filed a false charge of attempted murder against them and other Christians, the head of the family said.
Foyez Uddin, 62, told Compass that his neighbor Nazrul Islam and Islam’s relatives told him, his wife and his two adult children that as Christians they were “polluting” society and beat them on Sept. 17 in Joysen village in Rangpur district, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Dhaka. Islam is a policeman.
Islam’s uncle, Abdul Mannan Miah, then filed false charges against Uddin, his family and three others, accusing them of trying to kill Miah’s niece, Uddin said by telephone after his release on bail on Oct. 8. The village is under Pirgacha police jurisdiction.
Uddin said his family was fishing at his pond on Sept. 17 when eight to 10 Muslim neighbors led by Islam appeared and began speaking abusively about their Christian faith.
“Nazrul told us, ‘You are polluting society by deviating from Islam. Come back to Islam, otherwise we will not allow any Christian to live here in this village,’” Uddin said.
He told them that his family would not return to Islam, Uddin said.
“I replied, ‘Invite Islamic scholars, and if they can satisfy us in light of the Quran, then we will go back to Islam. Otherwise nothing can affect our unshakeable faith in Christ,’” Uddin said. “They beat me, my wife and two sons for objecting to their proposal to come back to Islam.”
The angry neighbors then broke into his home and burned two Bibles, tore two others and ripped four hymnals, he said, and they also damaged some furniture and chairs. Their home serves as a worship venue, and Uddin said the villagers also hacked with a machete the sign board of their house church, Faith Bible Church of God.
The pastor of the church, Lavlu Sadik Lebio, told Compass that he went to a nearby police station to complain about the attack, but officers did not respond to him. He said he only went to inform police, not file a case, but even so officers were unresponsive.
“Intentionally burning Bibles was the most sacrilegious attack on our faith – how can a member of the police department do that?” Pastor Lebio said. “Those people should have kept in mind how an announcement of burning a copy of the Quran in the U.S. stirred up the anger, discontent and hatred of Muslims all over the world.”
Taken into police custody on Sept. 18, Uddin said he and his family were unable to be baptized as planned.
“We were planning to be baptized in the last week of September,” he said. “Somehow our neighbors came to know about the baptismal ceremony, and they became very rude to us. We have been living in faith in Christ, the mainspring of our life, but we were not baptized.”
Murder Charge
As part of the attack on Sept. 17, Miah, the uncle of police officer Islam, filed the charge of attempted murder against Uddin, his family and three others that day, the Christian said.
When handing Uddin over to court, police filed a report stating that he had collaborated with people within the Christian community and that he had made defamatory remarks about Islam, Uddin said.
“In the police report while handing me over to court, I was mentioned as a troublesome Christian, but in the case copy filed by my neighbor, nothing was mentioned about me as a Christian,” Uddin said. “I was hurt by the police role.”
The police report to the court said that area residents did not approve of his Christian activities, and that there was the possibility of a communal clash. On this basis police requested he remain in custody while the investigation was underway.
According to the case file obtained by Compass, Uddin and his companions allegedly attempted to kill Islam’s sister (Miah’s niece), Jahanara Begum, sexually harassed her, severely beat her and stole her gold jewelry worth 41,000 taka (US$570).
Uddin said that Begum – sister of police officer Islam and niece of Miah – had a boil on her head that her father lanced the day of the attack. When blood continued rushing out from the procedure, her father, Azizul Muhury, took her to a nearby clinic called Pirgacha Medical and admitted her there. Later her brother Islam filed the false case, saying one of the eight accused had hit her on the head in an attempt to kill her, Uddin said.
According to the case file, Uddin was fishing on Begum’s inundated land, though he says he was at his own pond. Furthermore, the case file states Uddin was on Begum’s land at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, when according to Uddin he was worshipping at his house church. The service did not end until 10 a.m.
According to the police file, Begum objected to him catching fish on her flooded land, and after paying no attention to her he eventually became furious and allegedly beat her “in a pre-planned manner.”
Uddin’s companions were said to be hiding nearby with bamboo, knives and machetes to attack her, and at some point in a quarrel, they supposedly emerged and surrounded Begum. Nural Islam, 52 – known in the area as a recent convert to Christianity – allegedly struck her in the head with a machete on Foyez’s order, according to the case file. Uddin said Islam is a rickshaw driver who was working all day and was not present.
Uddin was then alleged to have hit her on the hand with bamboo, and when she supposedly fell down, according to the case file, his brother Iman Ali, 45, hit her with an iron rod on her back. Uddin said Ali could not have been present either, as he was suffering from tuberculosis and could not walk properly due to the debilitating illness.
Uddin’s son, Shahjahan Miah, 25, then allegedly snatched the 27,000-taka (US$375) gold chain from her neck, according to the case file, and 25-year-old Mohammad Sirajul Islam took her 14,000-taka (US$195) gold earring. Uddin said Mohammad Sirajul Islam – also known in the area as a recent convert to Christianity – had lost work due to his new faith and had been forced to relocate to Chittagong district, some 500 kilometers (310 miles) away from Rangpur district, and he was in Chittagong on that day.
His father, Mohammad Farid, 42, had also converted to Christianity, and the case file accuses him of trying to strangle Begum. Uddin said Farid also lives in Chittagong district and was there at the time. In the case file, Uddin’s wife, 47-year-old Mosammat Shahar Banu, is then accused of removing Begum’s clothes. Uddin’s other son, 28-year-old Shahdul Islam, then allegedly seriously wounded her by striking her with bamboo, according to the case file.
Thus the case file charges all members of Uddin’s family, as well as three people who were not present – two other recent converts to Christianity and Uddin’s brother, he said. Uddin said he has sent letters stating the falseness of the charges to the Rangpur district administrative chief, district police chief, sub-district administrative chief, home minister of Bangladesh, home secretary of Bangladesh, inspector general of police (Bangladesh police chief), president of the Rangpur district press club, member of parliament of that area, Rangpur divisional commissioner and commander of Bangladesh’s elite force (RAB-5), as well as to the Faith Bible Church of God chairman.
The case file mistakenly identifies Uddin as Foyez Ali, and also errs in listing his age as 50 rather than 62.
Since Uddin became a Christian in 2007, some of his neighbors have threatened to kill him or expel him from the village, he said.
“In threatening us, they have also said that the government will reward them if we Christians are beaten,” Uddin said.
The main weapon of Muslim villagers opposed to Christians is to withhold work from them, he said.
“Once I used to cultivate other people’s land for my livelihood,” he said. “When the local people came to know that we lead our life in Christ, then they stopped giving us their land for cultivation. Nobody talks with us, and we are outcasts here.”
Last Christmas, around 100 to 150 people went to Uddin’s house to protest their celebration of the birth of Christ.
“Police are deployed in all churches at Christmas,” he said. “Two police were deployed at our house to avoid any kind of unwanted situation. Those two police stopped the angry villagers.”
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Church in Indonesia Forced to Accept Worship Terms of Islamists
Muslim groups, city officials dictate where church can hold services.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 15 (CDN) — A church in Banten Province that has been in conflict with Muslim groups for more than two years was compelled to cease meeting in the pastor’s home last week in a bid to put an end to harassment and threats.
The Sepatan Baptist Christian Church (GKB Sepatan) in Pisangan Jaya village, Sepatan, in Tangerang district, conceded that it would no longer worship in the home of the Rev. Bedali Hulu but rather in the facilities of two other churches.
In exchange, officials agreed to process a temporary worship permit that would presumably remove the pretext for Islamic protests against the church, but they refused to accept a deadline for doing so. Pastor Hulu argued at the Oct. 7 meeting with officials and Islamic groups that local government officials be given a three-month deadline for granting the temporary worship permit, but the officials insisted on a “flexible” time for issuing it.
Tangerang district authorities had issued a decree on Jan. 21 ordering all worship activities to cease at the church. Officials had pressured church leaders to sign a statement that they would stop all worship activities, but they refused.
Pastor Hulu said that he had received the government order on Jan. 26. The church had permission to worship from both local citizens and Christians in accordance with a Joint Ministerial Decree promulgated in 1969 and revised in 2006, he said, but pressure from Islamic groups forced local officials to try to close the church.
Representing Islamic interests in the five-hour long deliberations of Oct. 7 was the Communication Forum for Religious Harmony (FKUB) of Tangerang City. Local officials included the Sepatan district chief, Sepatan sector police chief, the sub-district military commander of Sepatan, Civil police, and an official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Tangerang.
Pastor Hulu said he felt forced to accept the terms of the Islamic group and officials.
“Actually, we want the district to facilitate our worship by letting us use the function room of their office,” he said. “Also, we hope for the government to grant permission for our worship in accordance with the Joint Decree.”
A member of the Tangerang FKUB, Abdul Razak, said the talks resulted in the city and the Tangerang FKUB committing to help the congregation to worship temporarily in the nearest church buildings, which are seven kilometers (more than four miles) away in Kedaung, East Sepatan and belong to the Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia.
But those two churches use their buildings from 6 a.m. until noon on Sundays, Pastor Hulu said.
“Our congregation wants to worship between 10 am to 12 noon, because after 12 worship would conflict with family customs that are usually done at that hour,” he said.
Because of the incompatibility in worship times, the pastor said, GKB Sepatan appealed to a member of the FKUB Tangerang identified only as Zabir, who only suggested Pastor Hulu adhere to the FKUB consensus.
Although the Muslim groups and city officials were able to dictate where the church should worship in the coming months, they allowed the congregation to worship in one of the church members’ homes on Sunday (Oct. 10), as long as it wasn’t Pastor Hulu’s house, he said.
“Next week, if the local government has not been able to facilitate a place of worship to us, then we will worship from house to house,” the pastor said.
The church had worshipped in Pastor Hulu’s house since November 2008. Previously worship rotated among various members’ homes, reducing the congregation from 90 people to 30, he said, but now the congregation numbers 150.
The church has established good relationships with communities, religious leaders and local government, he said.
“First, we helped victims of the tsunami in Aceh in 2007,” Pastor Hulu said. “Second, we provided basic food, rice, blankets to flood victims in the village of Pisangan Jaya. Third, we have helped provide free medical treatment for residents affected by flooding in the village of Pisangan Jaya.”
The Oct. 7 agreement is yet to be signed. Razak said that the FKUB would draft an agreement for all parties to sign.
“If these problems can be resolved properly, then this will be a moment in history that the district of Tangerang was able to resolve religious issues, particularly related to the establishment of houses of worship,” he said.
The chairman of the Tangerang City FKUB, M. Syuro, said the meetings were necessary to forestall tensions as Tangerang is so close to Jakarta, 20 kilometers (12 miles) east.
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Chinese Christians Blocked from Attending Lausanne Congress
Police threaten or detain some 200 house church members who planned to attend.
DUBLIN, October 15 (CDN) — As organizers prepared for the opening of the Third Lausanne International Congress on World Evangelization tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese police threatened or detained some 200 delegates who had hoped to attend.
After receiving an invitation to attend the event, house church groups in China formed a selection committee and raised significant funds to pay the expenses of their chosen delegates, a source told Compass. Many delegates, however, were “interviewed” by authorities after they applied to attend the Congress, the source said.
When house church member Abraham Liu Guan and four other delegates attempted to leave China via Beijing airport on Sunday (Oct. 10), authorities refused to allow them through customs, reported the Chinese-language Ming Pao News. Officials detained one delegate and confiscated the passports of the other four until Oct. 25, the closing date of the conference.
China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security had notified border control staff that the participation of Chinese Christians in the conference threatened state security and ordered them not to allow delegates to leave, Liu told U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR).
Officials also prevented two house church Christians from Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, from leaving the country, and on Oct. 9 placed one of them in a 15-day detention, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported.
When Fan Yafeng, leader of the Chinese Christian Legal Defense Association and winner of the 2009 John Leland Religious Liberty Award, discussed the harassment with NPR on Tuesday (Oct. 12), officials assigned some 20 police officers to keep him under house arrest.
On Wednesday (Oct. 13), approximately 1,000 police officers were stationed at Beijing International Airport to restrain an estimated 100 house church members who planned to leave for the Congress via Beijing, according to CAA.
CAA also said authorities over the past few months had contacted every delegate, from Han Christians in Beijing to Uyghur Christians in Xinjiang, for questioning, and threatened some family members.
Normal church operations were also affected. The Rev. Xing Jingfu from Changsha in Hunan province told NPR that authorities cited the Lausanne Congress when they recently ordered his church to close.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, in a statement issued to NPR, accused the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization of communicating secretively with members of illegal congregations and not issuing an official invitation to China’s state-controlled church.
According to the Ming Pao report, the Lausanne committee said members of the Three-Self Protestant Movement had asked if they could attend. Delegates, however, were required to sign a document expressing their commitment to evangelism, which members of official churches could not do due to regulations such as an upper limit on the number of people in each church, state certification for preachers, and the confinement of preaching to designated churches in designated areas. House church Christians faced no such limitations.
The first such conference was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, which produced the influential Lausanne Covenant. The second conference was held in 1989 in Manila. Some 4,000 delegates from 200 countries are expected to attend the third conference in Cape Town.
Progress or Repression?
China watchers said there has been a slight easing of restrictions in recent months, accompanied by a call on Sept. 28 from senior Chinese political advisor Du Qinglin for the government to allow the independent development of the official church. Du made the remarks at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, according to the government-allied Xinhua news agency.
The BBC in August produced a glowing series on the growth of Christianity in China after Chinese authorities gave it unprecedented access to state-sanctioned churches and religious institutions. Religious rights monitor Elizabeth Kendal, however, described this access as part of a propaganda campaign by the Chinese government to reduce criticism of religious freedom policies.
NPR also produced a five-part series on Chinese religions in July. The series attributed the growth of religious adherence to the “collapse of Communist ideology” and pointed out that growth continued despite the fact that evangelism was “still illegal in China today.”
The claims of progress were challenged by an open letter from Pastor Zhang Mingxuan, president of the Chinese Christian House Church Alliance, to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Oct. 1, China’s National Day.
In the letter, published by CAA on Oct. 5, Zhang claimed that Chinese house church Christians respected the law and were “model citizens,” and yet they had become “the target of a group of government bandits … [who] often arrest and beat innocent Christians and wronged citizens.” Further, he added, “House church Christians have been ill-treated simply because they are petitioners to crimes of the government.”
Zhang then listed several recent incidents in which Christians were arrested and sent to labor camps, detained and fined without cause, beaten, interrogated and otherwise abused. He also described the closure or demolition of house churches and the confiscation of personal and church property.
He closed with a mention of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit, “who was sentenced to 15 years in prison because he evangelized among Uyghurs – his very own people.”
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Christian in India Suffers Miscarriage in Hindu Extremist Attack
Four pastors also injured in Karnataka, hub of anti-Christian persecution.
NEW DELHI, October 13 (CDN) — Police in a south Indian state known for turning hostile to minority Christians in recent years have arrested two suspected Hindu nationalists for beating four pastors and striking the wife of one of them in the stomach, killing her unborn child.
The attack took place at a Christian gathering in a private Christian school to celebrate the birth of Mahatma Gandhi on Oct. 2 in Chintamani, in Karnataka state’s Kolar district, reported the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC).
About 40 people barged into New Public School during the concluding prayer that morning and began selectively beating the pastors and Kejiya Fernandes, wife of one identified only as Pastor Fernandes. Chintamani police arrived but the attack went on, and when it ended at noon officers took the Christians to the station instead of arresting the attackers.
Denied medical attention, the injured Christians were released at 7:30 p.m. only after Kejiya Fernandes began to bleed profusely, GCIC reported. She and her husband later received hospital treatment, where she lost the baby she had been carrying for four months, according to GCIC.
Pastor Fernandes received an injury to his ear. The three other victims, identified only as pastors Robert, Muthu and Kenny, all ministered in a local independent church.
Of the 12 suspects named in the police complaint, two were arrested the same day, and the rest are absconding, said attorney Jeeva Prakash, who is associated with the Evangelical Fellowship of India’s (EFI) advocacy department.
The police complaint against the 12 includes “causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide” (Section 316 of the Indian Penal Code), and “intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace” (Section 504). No charges related to defiling a religious place or gathering or creating communal conflict were included.
All the accused are residents of Chintamani city and suspected to be associated with Hindu nationalist groups.
The attack was reportedly carried out to avenge an alleged insult to Hindu gods during the Christian gathering, with the accused also having filed a police complaint, added Prakash, who visited the area and the Christian victims this week.
The complaint against the Christians was for “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs” (Section 295-a), and, strangely, Section 324 for “voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means,” among other charges.
The Christians were not arrested, as a court granted them anticipatory bail.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose birthday the Christians were celebrating, was friends with Christian missionaries during British rule and taught religious tolerance. The acclaimed Hindu, India’s greatest political and spiritual leader, was killed in 1948 by Nathuram Godse, who was allegedly influenced by the ideology of the Hindu extremist conglomerate Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
For the last three years, Karnataka has been seen as the hub of Christian persecution in India. Of the more than 152 attacks on Christians in 2009, 86 were reported in Karnataka, according to the EFI.
This year, too, Karnataka is likely to top anti-Christian attacks. According to the GCIC, at least 47 attacks on Christians in the state had been reported as of Sept. 26. Persecution of Christians in Karnataka increased particularly after the August 2008 anti-Christian mayhem in eastern Orissa state, where Maoists killed a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader but Hindu extremists wrongly blamed it on local Christians.
The attacks in Orissa’s Kandhamal district killed more than 100 people and burned 4,640 houses, 252 churches and 13 educational institutions.
While Hindu nationalists had targeted and were working in Karnataka for close to two decades, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to sole power in the state for the first time in the history of independent India in May 2008. Prior to that, the BJP ruled in coalition with a local party, the Janata Dal-Secular, for 20 months.
It is believed that the victory of the BJP – and later the violence in Orissa, which was also ruled by a coalition that included the BJP – emboldened Hindu extremists, who now enjoy greater impunity due to the party’s incumbency.
Despite the high incidence of persecution of minorities in Karnataka, BJP leaders deny it, alleging complaint are the result of a political conspiracy of opposition parties.
There are a little more than 1 million Christians in Karnataka, where the total population is more than 52 million, mostly Hindus.
India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution
Karnataka, India, October 13 (Compass Direct News) – Hindu extremists belonging to the Bajrang Dal on Oct. 3 stormed into a Christian worship service, beat those attending and confiscated Bibles in Emarakuntte village, Kolar district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that nearly 25 extremists barged into the house of a Christian identified only as Manjunath, where Pastor Daniel Shankar was leading Sunday worship. Verbally abusing those present and falsely accusing them of forcible conversion, the extremists dragged them out and photographed them. Pastor Shankar managed to escape. Police arrived – after the extremists called them – and confiscated the Bibles and a vehicle belonging to the pastor. A GCIC coordinator told Compass that Shankar, accompanied by area pastors, went to the police station the next day, and officers made him give a written statement that he would stop Christian activities in the village. Only then were the Bibles and vehicle returned. No worship was held on Sunday (Oct. 10).
Karnataka – Police on Sept. 5 detained a pastor after Hindu nationalist extremists registered a false complaint of forcible conversion in Doni village, Gadag district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that at 8:30 p.m. nearly 100 extremists belonging to the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh stormed the worship of an Indian Pentecostal Church at the home of a Christian identified only as Nagaraj. A GCIC coordinator told Compass that the extremists repeatedly slapped Pastor Mallikarjuna Sangalad, dragged him outside and tore his shirt. They also tore up a few Bibles of those in the congregation. The extremists called Mundargi police, who arrived at the spot and took Pastor Sangalad to the police station as the slogan-shouting extremists followed. Police questioned the pastor for over two hours and warned him against leading services. With GCIC intervention Sangalad was released at around 11 p.m. without being charged, but he was forced to sign a statement that he would not conduct services at Nagaraj’s home.
Karnataka – Police on Sept. 3 stopped worship and falsely accused a pastor of forcible conversion, threatening to jail Christians if they continued religious activities in Ganeshgudi village. A Global Council of Indian Christians coordinator told Compass that Ramnagar police Sub-Inspector Babu Madhar, acting on an anonymous accusation of forcible conversion, disrupted worship and threatened Calvary Fellowship Prayer Centre Pastor P.R. Jose as nearly 40 congregants of the house church looked on. The sub-inspector warned the Christians against worshipping there and told Pastor Jose to shut down the church or be arrested. On Sept. 4, however, Madhar returned to the house and informed Pastor Jose that they could continue worship services.
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Pastor in Iran faces Death Sentence
A pastor in Iran faces the death sentence for a ‘thought crime.’ For more on this story and for the web address to sign a petition to have him released, visit the Christian Telegraph at:
http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue11046.html
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Alleged Bomber of Christian Boy in Israel to Stand Trial
Posted on September 5, 2010 by particularkev
Hearing could determine whether Jack Teitel is transferred from mental hospital.
ISTANBUL, September 3 (CDN) — An Israeli man accused of planting a homemade bomb that almost killed the son of a Messianic Jewish pastor in Ariel, Israel has been declared competent to stand trial.
Jack Teitel, 37, who in November was indicted on two charges of pre-meditated murder, three charges of attempted murder and numerous weapons charges, is expected to enter a plea on Sunday (Sept. 5).
David and Leah Ortiz, parents of the teenage victim, said that the 10 months since the indictment have been difficult but their stance toward Teitel remains the same; they have forgiven him for the attack but want him to face justice before a judge and seek salvation from God.
If nothing else, they said, they want him incarcerated to keep other Messianic Jews from being attacked either by Teitel or those following his lead.
“He’s dangerous,” Leah Ortiz said. “He’s an extremely dangerous person. He’s totally unrepentant.”
Sunday’s plea will open the way for a trial expected to start within weeks and last for more than six months. Officials at a hearing possibly the same day as the scheduled plea will decide whether Teitel will be moved from the mental hospital where he has been held for most of his detainment.
It is possible Teitel will enter no plea on Sunday. He has publically stated that he doesn’t “recognize the jurisdiction” of Jerusalem District Court.
On March 20, 2008, Ami Ortiz, then 15, opened a gift basket that someone had left anonymously at his family’s home in Ariel. The basket disappeared in a massive explosion that destroyed much of the Ortiz home and shattered Ami’s body.
When he arrived at the hospital, Ami was clinging to life. He was bleeding profusely, had burns covering much of his body and was full of needles, screws and glass fragments the bomb-maker had built into the device.
The doctors had little hope for him and listed his condition as “anush,” meaning his soul was about to leave his body.
After countless hours of surgery and even more spent in prayer, Ami went from “near dead,” to burned and blind and eventually to playing basketball on a national youth team. Both his parents said his recovery was nothing short of a miracle from God.
‘Most Radical Evangelist’
When Teitel was arrested in October 2009, police found him hanging up posters celebrating the shooting of two teenagers at a gay and lesbian community center in Tel Aviv.
Teitel’s background is still somewhat of a mystery. An emigrant from the United States, he became an Israeli citizen in 2000, got married not long afterwards and is the father of four children. Usually portrayed in Israeli media as part ultra-orthodox ideologue and part fringe survivalist, it is clear that Teitel was motivated by a fascination with end-times prophecy and an extremely violent interpretation of Judaism and Jewish nationalism.
He is a self-described follower of such anti-missionary groups as Yad L’Achim. According to authorities, Teitel sought to kill those he deemed enemies of traditional Judaism: Palestinians, homosexuals, liberal Jewish intellectuals and, in the Ortiz case, Messianic Jews.
David Ortiz is well known in Israel, both for his activities in the Jewish community and for his efforts to expose Palestinians to the gospel.
“He said the reason why he wanted to kill me was that I was the most radical in evangelism, so I had to be first,” said Ortiz, who has seen transcripts of Teitel’s confessions.
Along with the Ortiz case, police said Teitel is responsible for the June 1997 shooting death of Samir Bablisi, a Palestinian taxi driver who was found in his cab with a single bullet wound to his head. Two months later, police said, Teitel allegedly shot Isa Jabarin, a Palestinian shepherd who was giving him driving directions to Jerusalem.
Police also said that Teitel attempted to burn down a monastery and unsuccessfully planted several bombs. He also is accused of the September 2008 bombing of Zeev Sternhell of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The bombing left the emeritus history professor slightly wounded.
During one court hearing, Teitel flashed a victory sign and reportedly said, “It was a pleasure and honor to serve my God. God is proud of what I have done. I have no regrets.”
Long Road to Trial
David Ortiz said that as bad as the bombing itself was, waiting for the trial has been yet another ordeal.
As officials investigated the bombing, police harassed Messianic Jewish friends of theirs, saying, “If you are Jewish, why did you become a Christian?” Ortiz said.
The Ortiz family had to sue police and pay 5,000 shekels (US$1,320) to obtain a copy of a security camera video belonging to the family that police had seized as evidence. The video shows Teitel laying the basket at the Ortiz home.
“We had to hire a lawyer because we understood clearly that our rights as victims had to be protected,” said David Ortiz.
Particularly galling to the pastor has been the hands-off response of government officials to the attack.
“We are the only family in Israel that has been a victim of an attack that hasn’t been visited by a government official,” he said, adding that officials have made no public condemnation of the attack. “If the leaders do not condemn an act, it emboldens others who want to do the same thing.”
According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2009 issued by the U.S. Department of State, there are 10,000 Messianic Jews in Israel. The report documents several cases of violence against Messianic Jews, including cases where baptismal services have been disrupted, Messianic Jews have been beaten and Christian literature has been torched.
God Shows Up
Leah Ortiz said that what Teitel intended for evil, God meant for good in order to reach people.
“The Lord has taken the worst tragedy that could possibly happen and has used it for the greatest good that He possibly could,” she said.
The incident, and how the Ortiz family has dealt with it, has become a lightning rod of sorts in Israel, forcing people to think more seriously about the claims of the Messianic Jews.
In a place filled with the type of hatred that causes people to strap bombs to their bodies to kill others, the attack has given people a reason to think and, for some, to choose forgiveness and peace.
Ortiz said he has gotten calls from Palestinians who had said if he could forgive a man who bombed his child, then they can forgive what has happened to them. Orthodox Jews have called him and asked forgiveness for their hatred toward Messianic Jews. Muslims have called Ortiz offering blood for transfusions for Ami.
Ortiz said he was devastated after the attack, but that he has been blessed to see God working “supernaturally” through the incident. Ami is an example of God’s grace and healing power, Ortiz said, explaining, “Ami has been a wonder within my own eyes. How could anyone who went through so much be so peaceful?”
Ami’s high school friends, most of them not Messianic Jews, have sought him out and asked him about the ordeal. Ortiz said he thinks God will use him in a big way.
His wife explained, “I have that sense this is about something bigger. This is something bigger than what has happened to us and to our family.”
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Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution
Chhattisgarh, India, August 31 (CDN) — Police in Sivaho Dhamtari on Aug. 29 arrested three Christians after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of luring people to convert to Christianity by offering them money and “false hope.” A source reported that the extremists had recently launched a series of attacks against Pastor Dilip Chakravarty, Ganga Ram and Shankar Lal of the Church of God, accusing them of forceful conversion and trying to force Ram and Lal to “reconvert” back to Hinduism. Ram and Lal sustained fractures on their hands and legs from the attacks. Area Christian leaders said no forceful conversion took place. The three Christians were charged with 295 (a) of the Indian Penal Code for “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion” and were sent to Dhamtari district jail the same day.
Karnataka – Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal disrupted the worship meeting of Ebenezer Assembly of God Church and beat Pastor Ravi George and a church member identified only as Ramu on Aug. 29 in K.R. Nagar, Mysore. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that about 20 extremists broke into the worship meeting, snatched Bibles and a mobile phone from Pastor George and started beating those present. The Christians received hospital treatment for serious head and hand injuries. Pastor George submitted a police complaint.
Karnataka – Christians in Madalawada, Haliya face a social boycott and the Rev. Philip Rock of St. Sebastian Church was charged with “causing disharmony” after Christians refused to follow Hindu rituals. In an effort to stop the spread of cholera in the village, local Hindu leaders On Aug. 24 urged villagers to pray to a Hindu deity and told them not to work on two Tuesdays and three Fridays, reported the Global Council of Indian Christians. Rock advised the Christians not to observe the Hindu rituals, and they resumed their daily activities. The Hindu extremists boycotted the Christians’ businesses and grocery shops, kept students from attending Christian schools and refused to repair Christians’ farm equipment. A police investigation is underway.
New Delhi – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bajrang Dal attacked Pastor Isaac Laal on Aug. 22 in Bhavana, Dariyakala Pura, New Delhi as he was returning home from a Sunday church service. The Evangelical Fellowship of India reported that armed extremists stopped him and took him to Municipal Corporation hall where about 150 RSS members were meeting. The extremists accused Laal of forceful conversion and severely beat him, leaving the pastor with internal injuries. The investigating officer of Bawana police station told Compass that police are investigating but no First Information Report has been registered.
Karnataka – Hindu nationalists on Aug. 20 beat a pastor after falsely accusing him of “allurement” in the conversion of villagers in Bhendwad, Belgaum district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that Pastor David Kalagade of Jeevan Jala Prayer Mandiram was conducting a prayer service at another Christian’s house when 40 area extremists barged into the house at about 8 p.m. and accused him of bribing villagers to convert. Pastor Kalagade told Compass that the extremists tore up Christian literature and dragged him to the village council. Police were summoned, but the extremists could not substantiate their claims that people were given 500 to 1,000 rupees (about US$10 to US$20) to embrace Christianity. Police called the pastor to the police station on Aug. 21 and, contrary to the religious freedom provisions in the Indian constitution, forced him to sign a statement that he would not convert people in the village. Police official Anil Kumar told Compass that police also took a written statement from the extremists pledging that they would not create disturbances for the Christians. GCIC sources told Compass that the extremists were closely monitoring the daily activities of Christians.
Maharashtra – Police on Aug. 20 deported five South Korean students on the basis of the complaint of “propagating Christianity” on Aug. 16 by Hindu extremists in Pune. Manifesting one’s faith is legal in India. The Indian Express reported the police as saying that the five Koreans were distributing pamphlets in Pimpri Chinchwad, which led to a quarrel with local Hindu extremists. Area Christians said the Koreans were leading Bible studies in Christian homes and were distributing pamphlets on health issues to those who wanted them.
Karnataka – Police on Aug. 19 detained a pastor after Hindu nationalists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) beat him while he was showing a film in Mahalingapura, Bagalkot district. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Pastor Hanok Mahadev Inachi of the New Apostolic Church and two Christian students identified only as Sarah and Gauri were showing a film, “Oceans of Mercy” to villagers when a mob of over 200 RSS extremists attacked. The Hindu extremists repeatedly struck the pastor on his back and took the film projector, a DVD player, generators, amplifier and a speaker box worth nearly 100,000 rupees (US$2,135), which police later forced them to return. Pastor Inachi told Compass that the extremists pushed, shoved and struck his back as they forced him to the Mahalingapura police station. He was released the next morning without charges but was forced to sign a statement pledging that he would not enter the village again; the two women were also given a warning.
Madhya Pradesh – Police on Aug. 16 filed charges against a pastor under the state’s “anti-conversion law” after local Hindu extremists disrupted his house church meeting in Nisarpur village, Dhar district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that as independent Pastor Balu Sasya and an assistant pastor identified only as Raju were leading nearly 30 Christians in prayer and worship, about 35 extremists stormed the church, shouting slogans and slapping Raju. Falsely accusing the pastors of forcibly converting villagers, the extremists forced Sasya and Raju to the Nisarpur police station and filed a false complaint against them, GCIC reported. A GCIC regional coordinator told Compass that both Sasya and Raju were in still in Badhawani jail at press time.
Tamil Nadu – Police arrested Pastor S. Martin Rajasekaran after Hindu extremists along with police disrupted a prayer meeting on Aug. 15 in Tanjore. Barging into the prayer meeting led by Pastor Rajasekaran, the extremists chased away the Christians, seized a church amplifier and loud speakers and locked the house, according to the All India Christian Council (AICC). The pastor had been threatened and driven away from his rented house six times by the extremists and insulted and manhandled many times, according to the AICC, but all his complaints to police were ignored.
Madhya Pradesh – Two Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal, Ram Naresh Rai and Santosh Namdin, threatened a Christian convert on Aug. 15 in Dhanora, Lahknadon. Achelal Jhariya of Light of the World Church told Compass that the extremists filed a complaint against him of forceful conversion, claiming that he was constructing his house for conversion activities. Jhariya said the extremists went to the property site and told him to stop worshipping Jesus and warned him to stop construction or they would destroy all his belongings. The Christian said he was not building the house for any conversion activities, though such activities are legal in India, and reported the matter to police. Officers promised him security.
Karnataka – Police arrested two Christians after Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal accused them of forceful conversion and disrupted their worship meeting on Aug. 15 in Mandya district. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that the extremists led by Hanumant Raj, local president of the Bajrang Dal, forcefully entered the worship meeting in Shesha Gowda’s home and started abusing the Christians. They filed a complaint against the Christians of forceful conversion in K.R. Pete police station. Police took 12 Christians to the station for questioning, releasing 10 without charges. Pastor Satish and Evangelist Ravi Pas, however, were arrested under Section 295 and 298 of the Indian Penal Code for “defiling a worship place with intent to insult religion of any class” and “uttering words with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person respectively.”
Karnataka – Police on Aug. 13 detained Christians after accompanying Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members to a church and standing by as the BJP extremists disrupted their worship in Birur, Chikmagalur district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the Indian Pentecostal Church pastor identified only as Dileep, along with 10 other Christians including three women and a young child, were taken to the Kadur police station and interrogated for over four hours. During the interrogation, BJP extremists surrounded them and shouted false accusations of forcible conversion and other abusive statements at the terrified Christians. With GCIC intervention, the Christians were released at 8:30 p.m. with a strict warning, contrary to the religious freedom provisions in the Indian constitution, to refrain from conversion activities in the area.
Uttar Pradesh – Members of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Aug. 8 disrupted a Christian prayer meeting in Mailani, Lakhimpur-Kheri district, according to the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). Nearly 25 BJP extremists accompanied by police gathered at 11 a.m. at Life Prayer Centre, where nearly 600 Christians had congregated for worship. The intolerant Hindus shouted slogans and demanded that Pastor Robert Samson come out, EFI reported. Police dispersed the Christians and took Pastor Samson in for questioning, releasing him later that afternoon without charges but allegedly threatening to shut down the church, according to EFI. Police also prohibited the congregation from gathering the following Sunday. Using a loudspeaker, the BJP nationalists continued making public accusations of forcible conversion by Pastor Samson throughout the day, EFI noted.
Karnataka – Members of the extremist Hindu Jagaran Vedike, a wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Aug. 8 disrupted a prayer meeting and falsely accused Christians of “forceful conversion” in Kanakagiri, Koppal district. The Evangelical Fellowship of India reported that at about 7:30 p.m. nearly 60 extremists stormed into an Evangelical Church of India service led by Pastor John Harris in the home of a family interested in learning about Christianity that had been regularly attending the church for about a year. Ordering the Christians to go outside where broadcast media were waiting, the extremists verbally abused the Christians for their faith, told them to stop all worship meetings and falsely accused them of forcible conversion. The Hindu nationalists took the Christians to the police station and pressured officers to arrest them. Police forced the Christians to sign a statement that they would not conduct meetings in homes and threatened to file a case against them if they did.
Bihar – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Aug. 7 attacked Singhasini Church and threatened Christians in Raxual. A source reported that the extremists pasted several pictures of Hanuman, a Hindu god, on the church’s wall and demanded that Christians leave the area. The extremists further threatened the Christians that they would hoist the Hanuman flag over the church building if they continued to worship Jesus. With area Christian leaders’ intervention, no further harm came to the church.
Maharashtra – Armed Hindu extremists on Aug. 1 attacked a church meeting and beat Christians including women and children, seriously injuring two people in Orlem, Malad. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that after a group of armed extremists barged into the Sunday worship meeting of the Church of North India’s St. Emmanuel Church, Ponkumar Nadar and Devashish Nagarwere sustained injuries that required treatment in a local hospital. The congregation was attacked with rods and other blunt weapons, according to the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF). Joseph Dias, secretary of CSF, told media that the Hindu extremists were drunk at the time of the attack.
West Bengal – Muslim extremists on Aug. 1 destroyed a vegetable field belonging to a Christian in Natungram, Murshidabad. The Evangelical Fellowship of India reported the field belonged to Gaffar Sheik, a member of Believer’s Community Worship Center. Earlier, Raffiqul Sheik had warned Gaffar Sheik that if he continued to worship Christ, his crops would be burned. The extent of the damage was estimated at about 20,000 rupees (US$400). Police visited the site, and an investigation is underway.
Uttar Pradesh – Police detained Christian students after accusing them of forceful conversion on July 24 in Lukcnow. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that four students from Compassion for India Ministry were visiting the slum area when the police team led by an officer identified only as Tripati called their pastor to the police station. The officer accused the pastor and his team of forceful conversion and forced the Christians to report about their work in detail. Police took money from the pastor before releasing the students, reported the AICC. The students maintained that they were just distributing food to the needy in the poor area and that there was no forceful conversion.
Uttar Pradesh – A mob of about 50 Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal barged into a Christian meeting shouting, “Jai Shri Ram [Praise lord Ram]” on July 23 in Kanpur. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that the extremists forcefully entered the two-day meeting organized by Pastor Samuel Sarkar of the Kanpur Pentecostal Church and stopped the service. Police came to the spot and took the two parties to the police station, where officers told the Christians to cancel their meeting, which was subsequently discontinued.
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__label__wiki | 0.747521 | 0.747521 | Plant viruses hijack the defence system of plants, but there might be a way to strike back
by University of Helsinki
Credit: CC0 Public Domain
Many diseases caused by common plant viruses reduce the crops of important food plants. In the worst case, potato viruses, among others, can destroy as much as 80% of crops on infected fields.
Plants are not entirely defenseless against viruses, although they lack an immune system like the one found in humans. For plant cells, the primary defense mechanism against viral infections is gene silencing. By utilizing the mechanism, plant cells identify the foreign genetic material originating in the virus and cut it up into small pieces.
"In turn, these bits of the genome guide plant cell proteins to identify and destroy viral genomes. As a result, the production of viral proteins ends, which is interpreted as 'silencing' of the viral genes. A successful defensive response prevents the virus from spreading in the plant," says Docent Kristiina Mäkinen from the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki.
Viruses can hijack the plant's defense system
At the same time, viruses too have means with which to resist and subvert the host plant's defense mechanisms. A research group specialized in plant virology, led by Mäkinen, investigates the interaction between potato virus A and host plant proteins. Mäkinen and her group find one viral protein particularly interesting, as it is directed against the plant's defense system.
"This protein is able to not only block gene silencing, but also to harness the factors involved in the process to serve both its viral replication and the formation of new viral particles. In other words, the virus forces, as it were, the plant's defense system to go against its intended purpose, in favor of the pathogen."
Genes play a part in resistance—Modern plant breeding techniques needed
Studies on plants that are naturally resistant to viruses have shown that their resistance is often based on mutations in the plant's genome that block interaction between viral and plant proteins. To employ these mutations in plant breeding, University Researcher Maija Pollari considers it necessary to start utilizing modern plant breeding techniques.
"For instance, the CRISPR/Cas9 technique, which was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, makes it possible to target anti-viral mutations in a precise location in the plant genome. This is a great stride forward compared to traditional plant breeding, which relies on the use of mutagenic chemicals and radioactive radiation," Pollari adds.
The interactions between plant and viral proteins discovered by Kristiina Mäkinen's research group offer new targets for breeding resistance against the potato virus in host plants. The researchers' aim is to identify a component in the plant proteins through which they come into contact with viral proteins.
"When proteins are modified so that the interaction is blocked, the plant's gene silencing mechanism may regain the upper hand over the virus. Strains resistant to viruses used in cultivation reduce losses caused by viral diseases and, consequently, improve yields. Furthermore, it's likely that the chemical burden of the environment is alleviated, as the amount of chemicals used in preventing aphids is reduced," notes Kristiina Mäkinen.
Cleaving through the heart of viral infections
More information: Maija Pollari et al, The potyviral silencing suppressor HCPro recruits and employs host ARGONAUTE1 in pro-viral functions, PLOS Pathogens (2020). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008965
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Citation: Plant viruses hijack the defence system of plants, but there might be a way to strike back (2020, November 3) retrieved 16 January 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2020-11-viruses-hijack-defence.html
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